Word: sparely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there are other motivations. As one suave undergrad put it, "Hosting a poker game is the only time I can ever have seven people in the same room with me for more than an hour." And you can use the spare bucks you win to buy some Ban roll...
Irion's rickety knee has given him an unexpected opportunity to spend his spare time doing more than honing his jump shot. He occasionally serves as a color commentator on WHRB's basketball broadcasts and has assisted Ray Martin coaching the freshman cagers. As far as his duties with the freshman squad go, Irion quips, "I was just trying to help out the big men a little but the problem is they don't have...
Guitarist-keyboard player Jerry Harrison joins with Byrne to handle the guitar work, which is spare and economical to suit the New Wave fashion. Nobody stretches out for a solo on this record; the effect is to provide a tight ensemble sound to back the eccentric Byrne's lyrics. The music is danceable and listenable without being hard on the ears, but it isn't all that exciting. It reminds the listener of the blander moments of the new Steely Dan record, but with much sparer instrumentation...
...Bill Edwards is known throughout the Harvard community. He proctors hourlies, make-ups and final exams for the College, the grad schools, the extension office and the summer school. He proctors freshman week exams that determine placement in courses, and in his spare time has even been spotted proctoring Law School Admissions Tests (LSAT). While Edwards cautions that "I try to work as little as possible," he nonetheless describes his occupation as that of "a freelance proctor...
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