Word: sophia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lazarus '89 of Pennypacker Hall and Broomall, Pa.; Benjamin R. Miller '89 of Thayer Hall and Baltimore, Md.; Mary E. Sarotte '88 of Mather House of Morristown, N.J.; Gregory R. Schwartz '89 of Canaday Hall and New York, N.Y.; Alan Z. Segal '89 of Canaday Hall and Vestal, N.Y.; Sophia A. Van Wingerden '89 of Lionel Hall and Rapid City, S.D.; John C. Yoo '89 of Weld Hall and Gladwyne...
...Cramling, 22, as the world's second-ranked female chess player (behind the Soviet Union's Maya Chiburdanidze, 25), the teenager soundly thrashed six-time U.S. Champion Walter Browne, 37, on her way to a respectable showing of 25th in the top section of the tournament. Sister Sophia, 11, meanwhile swept to second place in the expert category. Finally, the baby of the family, Judith, a pudgy, self-confident nine-year-old, astounded observers by posting seven straight victories and a draw to take first place among the tournament's 1,000 unranked players. "A family might have one prodigy...
...play in the sixth spot was perhaps the most exciting of the afternoon. The Crimson's Kathy Mulvehal beat Sophia Ray in a rather routine first set, 6-3. The second set was a battle to the bitter end, with Ray copping a 7-6 decision. In the third set, Mulvehal came back to ice the win and a shut out for the net-women...
After a night of frenzied dancing, Zhen Zhen came to grief when her boyfriend entered the room while she was taking a bath. Yen Li, who yearned to be an actress, lost her virtue when a wily actor insidiously told her that Ingrid Bergman and Sophia Loren devoted their lives--and their bodies--to art. The pivotal event of Li Na's life occurred when her date tricked her into watching a porn movie. "She was shocked by the movements on the screen, and she felt warm and suffocated. As she was about to unbutton her collar to breathe...
...wizards who worked in enamel. The Treasury of San Marco Venice (Abrams; 337 pages; $60) displays the loot, and poring over the glittering pictures is like wandering in a celestial gem shop. Among the glories here are a lyrical alabaster-and-pearl paten, which may have come from St. Sophia, and an opulent, dappled sardonyx chalice decorated with enamel figures that resemble mini-mosaics. There are treasuries or reliquaries in important churches all over Europe, but very few gladden the worldly connoisseur's eye like this...