Word: rain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skips of the third prelude, "The Wind of the Plain." It was equally fun to watch him grab fistfuls of notes with such glorious abandon in "The Hills of Anacapri," the ending of which seemed contrived by Debussy to recall the final arpeggio of the earlier "Gardens in the Rain" from his "Estampes." Pollini's mastery of Lisztian technique was evident in the whirling "What the West Wind Saw," and his refined yet poetic sensitivity in "The Girl With the Flaxen Hair," which too often suffers from overwrought performances, made one wish he'd consider recording some Satie...
Despite a light rain, the ceremony continued, concluding with comments by Helen Vendler, Porter University professor. Vendler, quoting poet Anne Dudley Bradstreet, expressed her hope that, though Bradstreet could not attend Harvard College, the "next Anne Bradstreet will...
...audience at the dedication, seated and standing on the lawn between the Science Center and the gate, coped good-naturedly with the rain which fell briefly during the ceremony and joined in a fairly tuneless but certainly enthusiastic rendition of the revised "Fair Harvard." The panels which followed (if all were as enlightening as the Journalism and Media panel moderated by Jill Abramson '76) accomplished in small what Harvard needs more of in large: female role models sharing their career and life experiences with undergraduates, providing resources, reassurance and inspiration. For further inspiration, the College published a commemorative booklet...
Last year, the Crimson trekked to the Terrier turf in the rain and lost, 7-1. Yesterday, Harvard (3-4, 1-1 Ivy) held B.U. to a first-half donut (or Cheerio?) and took a 1-0 lead into the half...
Harvard could see clearly now. The rain was gone, and so were all obstacles in its way. Only the usual New England chill stalked the game...