Word: semis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ford moved some of his other players around, playing Doug Stone at right wing for the injured Leroy Thompson for 25 minutes of the first half. The switches definitely moved the Crimson out of the semi-lethargy that afflicted the squad last Wednesday, when Tufts dropped the squad by a 3-1 count, for Harvard's second loss of the season against seven wins...
...when she was 28, Antonia Brico became the first woman ever to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic. Today, at age 73, she is dedicated to an orchestra of skillful semi-professionals in Denver. This wonderful documentary tells the story of an extraordinary musician's life-how she survived with spirit ind intelligence, how she was scarred out not humbled by the problem of being both a woman and an artist in America. The result is a film that is both a testament and a tribute. Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman is much the best example...
...case of sweets to the Swedes. The 1974 winners: Swedish Poet Harry Martinson, 70, and Swedish Novelist Eyvind Johnson, 74. Martinson's best-known work, Aniara, published in English in 1956, is a narrative poem about a space voyage. Johnson's chef-d'oeuvre, a semi-autobiographical series called The Novel About Olaf, published in the mid-30s, was never completely translated into English. The two writers' fame is hardly international, and the choice promptly gave rise to complaints. One charge seemed at least plausible. Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expected at the December ceremonies in Stockholm...
When Berryman and Bozer returned minutes later, Bozer approached the protesters--then numbering about 50 and standing in a semi-circle--to apologize for the film's racism and stress that Adams Film Society was presenting it merely as an example of early cinematic achievement...
...sale will not include the Brattle Theater, Harvey's oldest theater and the one with the most distinctive movie fare--primarily old and foreign movies distributed by Janus, and a semi-annual Humphrey Bogart festival...