Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ambitious person, and Harvard makes me feel successful, just having gotten in here. That's the ugly side of why I'm proud of being at Harvard Law School. Another reason," he continues, despite his appraisal of the 2L and 3L years, "is because there's a spirit of serious intellectual endeavor here...
...dress rehearsal last Sunday night. It was an exciting event, even though the quality of the dancing and the pieces varied considerably. The subject matter ranged from an interpretation of different phases of the night by Liz Wilkerson '78, to a dramatic portrayal of a one-legged incarnate animal spirit by Connie Chin '79, to a mime-like solo by former Radcliffe student Gail Casson of a woman apparently giving birth...
...orchestra concluded the evening by breezing through Prokofieff's Classical Symphony, a spirited work which at once satirizes the formalities of eighteenth century classicism and attempts to reconcile them with the more broadly defined harmonic conventions of the twentieth century. It is scored for the highly classical combination of six pairs of winds, timpani and strings, and its transparent orchestration and rapid, exposed passage work require a great deal of precision and technical skill. The orchestra maintained its accuracy while capturing Prokofieff's mischievous spirit; indeed, the musicians' dexterity seemed to increase as they became more inebriated with...
Mike's indefatigible spirit lagged briefly last fall when he wasn't 'boated' for the Head of the Charles race. He stopped rowing, hacked around playing rugby and House tackle football, but his soul and spirit still belonged to Newell Boathouse. It took less than a month before Harvard's shortest rower since 1907 (according to the record books) was back in the tanks...
Tournament fever! The spirit of St. Louis! A carload of Harvard undergraduates survived an extreme case of blue delirium this weekend in Providence, R.I., as Duke University dunked its way to the NCAA finals by defeating both Penn and Villanova...