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Members of the first lightweight varsity four felt that they didn't meet their potential. Coxswain Kathe Aschenbrenner attributed the less-than-smooth performance to the fact that the boat had only been together "for two practices, and the styles hadn't meshed...
...Some guys throw hard," Perlozzo says, "but they look it. Dwight was so smooth, effortless. Almost the only time you could sense the energy was when, say, there was a man on third with one out and he didn't want a ground ball to score a run. That's when he started pumping up his velocity, pulling out something extra. You could see it." A base runner juked Gooden into balking once. "That rattled him," Perlozzo remembers with a smile: a valuable lesson learned. But when he cooled out, Gooden strung together 15 victories that included a 46-inning...
ALTHOUGH THE PLAY is technically very smooth, the acting is spotty. Even when the script offers good lines--a rare though welcome treat--the delivery often falters. By far the most refreshing work is done by Joe Walsh in portraying a stereotypical ex-jock turned landlord. Walsh adds some genuine hilarity to the play's forced jokes and frustrated humor...
...handsome enough for the tenor part, but lacked the tonal quality and voice for the upper-register arias which are necessary to the role. His loud, shrill voice broadcasted well through the intimate Lowell House Dining Hall, but, as a result, the minor idiosyncracies in his less-than-smooth portrayal stuck out as well...
...fool still asking what his life is about," he sings, and since no one is better at lyrical rock introspection, it is plain that Browne has set himself a new course. This album is its chart, and though there are beautiful songs here, there is no smooth sailing. Each of the eight tunes on Lives in the Balance is about restlessness, rootlessness and desperation, and in one way or another, they are all political. Even the love song In the Shape of a Heart--one of Browne's most beautiful ballads--seems to balance off the weight of a lost...