Word: smiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Robert Bly makes Voznesensky sound like Robert Bly, all curt stanzas and quick vignettes. Ginsberg jettisons the author's rhymes for some ungainly free verse. The best work is the least obtrusive: working with Voznesensky's supple and difficult lines, Max Hayward, Vera Dunham and William Jay Smith have given the Russian, both man and language, a new voice...
...atmosphere of almost monastic serenity. A large, white, Russian Orthodox church candle burning on the podium provided virtually the only lighting. "It is more intimate for you, my friends," Voznesensky explained to an audience that included Mstislav Rostropovich, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and C.P. Snow. As Poet William Jay Smith, a favored translator and friend, read English versions from Nostalgia for the Present, Voznesensky could be glimpsed in the wings, his slight figure rigid with apprehension, as if braced for combat. Following the English readings, Voznesensky moved forward to recite the Russian originals. Among them was a new poem: "Fighting eternal...
...more mundane level, River House residents--who currently pay for toilet paper--not surprisingly said they want it free. And Quad residents, who don't pay for toilet paper, say they won't pay so everyone else can have it free. So much for Adam Smith's "invisible hand...
...Mike Watson was the key man for the Crimson last night, notching two goals and one assist, including the game-winner at 1:31 of overtime. Watson flipped a quick backhander past Boston College goalie Doug Ellis (28 saves) while Harvard was on the power play with Eagle Jeff Smith in the penalty box for holding...
...Karen Smith, the 6-ft. 1-in, freshman in for Holpuch at center, looked impressive as she snared five rebounds and blocked two shots in the first half while the Crimson rolled to a heady 30-12 halftime bulge...