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Well, each played its own small role to spoil what was on the whole a very good Saturday afternoon for the Harvard's women's water polo team. Facing MIT's A club team--which the Crimson beat last Tuesday, 16-11--in the final game of a tournament it hosted at Blodgett Saturday, Harvard stalled in the final quarter, losing...

Author: By Jose A. Guerra, | Title: Aquawomen Get Mixed Results at Blodgett | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...also been argued that reviews spoil the joy of theatrical discovery. But undergraduates speak amongst themselves about productions, and preconceptions surround almost every show staged. The experimental quality of a work does not protect it from this inevitability. Nor does it exempt it from scrutiny, printed or spoken...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Why The Crimson Reviews Productions in the Loeb Ex | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...Yale has to be careful that they don'tallow the disappointment over not getting apostseason bid to spoil the kind of year they'vehad," Roby added. "They've got everybody back,they beat everybody in the league. What's not tobe excited about...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: NIT-Picking Time | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...dangerous and might encourage reckless behavior; Di Bona and crew have rejected some clips for that reason (like one showing a toddler apparently driving a car, while a parent actually steers off-camera). Others are concerned that people may begin to stage scenes specially for the program. That would spoil the caught-in-the-act charm but would hardly be unexpected. Once you give America a chance to produce a show for you, don't be surprised if everybody wants to be a star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Bride Is, Er, Excused | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...father, that represent the play's best moments. Their interaction with one another and with the play's other actors is first-rate. Even the four Mather residents who walked through the back of the set during a climactic scene between the two parents did not manage to spoil the tension...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Simon's Comedy Bound by Drama Hillel Dramatic Society Produces Show | 2/16/1990 | See Source »

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