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...trainer's patient that November morning was Harvard offensive tackle Mike Durgin, who was nursing a sore shoulder. While Fadden had stepped away, a visitor asked the hulking senior about the white-haired and bespectacled old man's secret. Durgin smiled and pointed to his head. "I've learned more from that man than anything over there," he said, gesturing in the direction of the Yard and its classrooms...
...takes over a foundering, leaderless squad and suddenly the team catches fire, smashing a different league opponent each week. The quarterback is a hero, adored by fans and sportswriters and second in the nation in total offense. But one Saturday, the hero falls to the turf with a separated shoulder. Eorced to miss the following game, he watches from the sidelines as his teammates lose. True to the script, the signal-caller returns to lead a resounding, regionally televised triumph over the league leaders and cops the first-ever undisputed conference crown the following Saturday with a last-minute victory...
...field events look a little brighter. Freshman Beth Cooley could fill a void in the shot put if her dislocated shoulder recovers in time. The duo of Lenny Yajima and Karen Ueda should be potent in the long jump, and junior Liane Rozzell returns to her aerial escapades in the high jump...
...radiate in her field of vision. Bells chime. Light diffusing from a central source creates a tunnel. Shadowy forms of people she vaguely remembers seem to talk to her and guide her toward the light. In the distance a figure stands facing her, casually slinging a jacket over his shoulder. It's her husband, who died in the accident. He smiles reassuringly at her. Suddenly, she feels that she is being pulled back rapidly, hyperspacing. The motion stops. She opens her eyes. A blurry nurse adjusts an intravenous unit. Muffled announcements come over a P.A. "Welcome back," a voice says...
Thomson: Symphony No. 3 and Helps: Symphony No. 1--Virgil Thomson's undeservedly neglected third symphony written in 1932 is a relaxed, almost placid essay that demonstrates contemporary music need be neither bizarre nor banal. Thomson seems to be one of the few Americans who will shoulder his way into the concert hall repertoire, probably with this symphony...