Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Just then the shocked silence was broken by screams and everyone started to stampede away from the spot, as if the killer had gone beserk. A thousand people were running down the street at full speed. I heard another shot. Two. Three. More screams. Then the stampede stopped and people were beginning to gather around the wounded woman again. No one else had been hit. From the gestures of the people around the scene, I supposed that the gunman had run down a side street that angled off of Rampart...
...with worse district records than Harvard and teams that the Crimson beat in regular season play, will join UMass and a fourth independent, probably Providence in the playoffs. Shold the Big Red of District II triumph, B.U. and the Redmen will play a three-game series for a playoff spot...
...Beaman, who coaches Eliot's undefeated softball squad, said, "We've been pretty lucky." This afternoon at 1:30 p.m., the league leaders play once-beaten Winthrop in a crucial contest. Winthrop has come from ninth place almost to the top spot in Straus Trophy competition and can gain a tie for the softball title by beating the Jimbos. The Puritans are likely to have a tough time, though, against pitching ace Scott Levine, who has won all seven games...
...easy to spot most of the other pieces possibly misattributed to Daumier. You see that the dramatic self-portrait bust doesn't look like anything else he did. According to the catalogue, Carrier-Belleuse, a friend of Daumier, probably made it, but no one is sure. Hair tossed like a conductor's, hollowed eyes, this face is an idealized version of the artist, whom a nearby photograph reveals as a fat, distinguished gentleman. It would be inappropriate irony that Daumier sculpt himself with none of the humor with which he depicts others...
Today's game could decide the invitation of teams to the NCAA District 1 playoffs. Dartmouth, 12-9 for the season, and Harvard are likely candidates for an open spot against B.U., the University of Massachusetts, and a fourth New England squad...