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...their fault.” Rather, outside forces like Boo’s alcoholism and Bette’s miscarriages saddle both the couple and their only child, Matt, with intense emotions for which they can find no outlet. Phillips, who plays a character that has had a stroke and has trouble speaking intelligibly, says that “the theme of the play as a whole is the absence of communication.” Durang has admitted that the play is largely based on his own childhood experiences. When Harvard first started the VDP in the spring...
Success happens, but the failures are more memorable, and more spectacular. The facial contortions and annoying speech patterns that made Jim Carrey funny did not work in dramatic fare like “The Majestic,” and Michael Jordan’s endurance and sweet stroke did not propel him to stardom in baseball. Some talents simply do not hold up well under experimentation...
...Hefner: I guess I still had some hope. I think I tried it a second time because I'd had the stroke in the mid-1980s and I was feeling my years and my mortality, and I think that I sought it as kind of a safe harbor. And I worked very hard at it, and I was faithful to it. The fact that it didn't work had to do with the relationship and her own insecurities, et cetera. I think there are simply many roads to Mecca, many ways of living your life morally and ethically, and when...
...golf smarter and focusing on keeping the ball in play and hitting fairways—and it seems to be working.” At the Dartmouth Invitational two weeks ago, Balmert edged out tough competition from perennial contenders Yale and Princeton to capture the medal by a single stroke by firing a two-day 145 (+1). Over the past two weeks, she finished tied for No. 6 and No. 4 at Princeton and Yale, respectively. In fact, going back to last season, Balmert has notched top-10 finishes her last five consecutive tournaments. “Golf tends...
After only two tournaments, the Harvard men’s golf team is already frustrated with its performance. Meanwhile, the Crimson women appear to be cruising. At the Dartmouth Invitational this weekend, the men finished a disappointing sixth, 28 strokes behind champion Binghamton. The women, for their part, carried the momentum of recent successes at Dartmouth and Princeton to a second-place finish at the Yale Invitational. MEN’S GOLF Heading into yesterday’s final round, an outright win may have been out of reach for the men but second place was there for the taking...