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...Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL), padding its five Eastern triumphs with an awesome 32-match winning streak that spanned four-and-a-half years. That streak came to a shocking halt earlier this season when the aquamen dropped back-to-back dual meets to Navy and Columbia. The roof had finally caved in on the Crimson...

Author: By Mohammed Kashani-sabet, | Title: Swimmers First, Icemen Second | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...system, center officials say, unduly favored more established artists and groups in the perennial quest for funding, support, and technical advice. By streamlining the process under one roof, the city hopes "to attract untraditional audiences--to bring people to the theater who wouldn't normally participate," says one project director, Geraldine Guardino...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Arts Center Caters to New Audiences | 2/21/1984 | See Source »

...going to construction of the set. The Theatricals is nonprofit, with the revenue from each show paying the costs of production. This year, however, some of the money made from the show will be set aside to help renovate the Hasty Pudding Theater, which needs a new roof and seats...

Author: By Mary K. Warren, | Title: The Feminine Mystique | 2/4/1984 | See Source »

...There was the story of H.D.'s fleeing to the roof of Lowndes Square and flinging her clothes over the edge, preparing to leap after them, yet fortunately prevented. Or of Bryher's taking a near overdose of a drug and being saved by H.D. Yet these were the productive days. Bryher commenced her historical novels. And H.D.'s triumph over circumstance is celebrated in her Trilogy. It is no wonder that H.D. wrote during an air raid: '... now that I saw that Bryher was accepting the fury, we could accept the thing together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Excerpt | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...very little machinery is operating. In summer the system works in reverse, with the heat pumps acting as air " conditioners. Rather than being stored in the basement for later use, heat picked up in the building's inner recesses is directed to 5 two cooling towers on the roof, which dissipate the heat into the atmosphere. In all seasons, the building gets a boost from rooftop solar collectors, which are arrays of black-painted pipes that absorb the energy of the sun's rays and provide most of the building's hot water for washrooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Keeping Warm, Boston Style | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

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