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Well into his tenth decade, one could spot his cotton-white tufts of hair--always protruding from an austere, black yarmulke--throughout his adopted Israel, visiting this university or that Kibbutz...

Author: By Samuel J. Rascoff, | Title: A Latter Day Prophet | 10/21/1994 | See Source »

Coming into the season, Penn was the favorite to take the league championship. The Quakers went 6-0 in the league and finished in the top 15 in the nation. They continued that pace at the beginning of this season, winning their first two, before falling to tenth-ranked Delaware, 3-0, in their third game of the year...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Ivy League Field Hockey Teams Neck and Neck | 9/28/1994 | See Source »

Gary G. Fryer, Yale's director of public affairs, neither rejoiced nor despaired over his university's tenth place ranking...

Author: By Jeff Beals, | Title: U.S. News: Harvard Fifteenth Best Value | 9/28/1994 | See Source »

After a dismal first round on Sunday, played in driving rains and generally sloppy conditions, Crimson golfers found themselves in tenth-place in a field of twelve, with a lackluster one-day total...

Author: By W. STEPHEN Venable, | Title: Men's Golfers Start Poorly, Finish With Superb Round | 9/27/1994 | See Source »

...first symphony seems to me a bit lacking in the quality for which early critics dubbed it "Beethoven's Tenth Symphony." For example, at the moment of maximum dramatic impact, the brass chorale before the final coda in the last movement, Haitink plows right on through, almost as if anxious to leave it behind him. Brahms delayed writing this symphony for over 20 years, fearing that he would forever remain in the shadow of Beethoven. However, it seems here that Haitink might be the one who feels himself in the shadows of the great symphonists...

Author: By Brian D. Koh, | Title: New CD Showcases Brahms | 8/5/1994 | See Source »

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