Word: strings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...allowed to sing Despina in his Così Fan Tutte ('Tis Thus They All Do). There was no denying that the story of two young men setting out to hoodwink their fiancees into infidelity was faint fodder for great music. Mozart, however, could put anything-a piece of string, a blot of ink-to music. So well did Miss Bori interpret Così Fan Tutte that critics raised a cry for more Mozart...
...Sullivan '28 and W. S. Hardie '30, other newcomers to the regular ranks, have had little difficulty so far in fathoming the deliveries of opposing pitchers. Sullivan, now stationed regularly at shortstop, is credited with an average of .357. Hardie, last year's first-string Freshman pitcher who is patrolling left field, has hit only four times in 14 appearances at the plate for a .285 mark, but three of his drives have been for three bases...
...loved to listen to the stevedores on the Louisiana levees. He also loved a Creole. When she refused to make an honest man of him, he started Leaves of Grass. (He thought "Leaves" sounded better than "Blades"' but the printer didn't.) He wove the names of a string of box cars upon a broad broken page, "caught the rhythm and made it more rhythmical." He was to spend the rest of his life rewriting Leaves of Grass...
...teams were the same as those of the scrimmage on Monday, the Army team and the Navy team. The play lasted over an hour. In the first two quarters the first string outfits battled, while during most of the last half, the remaining members of each squad participated. Several spectacular plays were made including two long punts and several runs. The Navy team came from behind during the second quarter and managed to score a goal after a long march down the field. The first teams of each squad lined up as follows...
Harvard evened the count in the first chukker but Essex held throughout the second and early part of the third. In the final period J. P. Cotton '29 and W. B. White '28 broke through the Essex defense for a string of scores...