Word: reffing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this very stage in year past, Fred Gwynne '51 was unforgettable at the Stage Manager in Our Term and Big The Ref. and also managed a couple of Shakespeare's eccentrics. But the major serious role of King Claudius is beyond him. Above the level of mezzo-piano his voice takes on an unpleasant ring. And he falls to imbuse the King with sufficient intelligence and efficiency. It is strange, too, that a man who has murdered his way to the throne and is hanging onto it for dear life never once appears with a crown on his head...
Last Saturday's overtime victory by the men's basketball team over Princeton was hard-fought and very, very close. So close, in fact, that anything--anything--might have made the difference; a missed free throw, a bad pass, a torn shoelace, a bad call by the ref, or even a song by the Harvard band...
...Visone intercepted a Clarkson pass (which should have blown the play dead)," Watson said, "and then had a shot on net. The ref didn't blow the whistle, and Clarkson broke out and scored." The goal gave the Golden Knights a 3-1 lead...
...ball, The Ivy title's on the line, and Harvard is playing superhuman defense. Tiger point guard Gary Knapp looks around in wild desperation--there's no-one open, no-one at all. Finally it comes, the referee's whistle. And everyone's on their feet, screaming, as the ref tosses up the jump ball that could decide the game...
...players. Soon he moved towards the center circle jump, which became a central feature of the game. Something's missing without it, like football would be with no punting (which, after all, aids the team with good kickers) or hockey with no faceoff (more dangerous for the ref to handle than a jump ball...