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Barre is taking the news in stride...
Smith and James P. Johnson, two masters of "stride piano," in which the left hand carries the beat and the right hand takes the melody, By the time he was in his early 20s, Fats, who at 250 Ibs.plus had already earned his nickname, was well known among musicians; before he was 30, he was on nationwide radio. He developed a style all his own, and his music was marked by a constant vitality, good humor and an inimitable, natural ease. The songs he composed had the same ebullience. "There isn't a dead bar in his music," says...
When it is race time, the jockeys stride out of the locker room, most flicking their whips with bravado. Cauthen goes calmly. Decked out in the splashing silks of his trade, he seems terribly young, frail, unknowing?until you look at his eyes, when those eyes are examining a horse he is about to ride. Then there is an eerie, almost existential quality to his face, an absorption so total that his life becomes encompassed by it. For the twelve minutes required to mount, parade to the post and, finally, run the race, the ride is Steve Cauthen...
Saturday also saw Ed Sheehan stride home in 30:57.2 to take fourth place in the 10,000-meter run, 31 seconds behind victorious Northeastern star John Flora...
...Crimson has no time to spare getting in stride for the season. Like the dash, the spring season is an all-out race from the gun. But while Harvard sits in the blocks, the only word you can use to describe this team is "maybe...