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...Thirteen-year-old Tucker McCrady didn't understand his first stage role. He was cast in Waiting for Lefty at his Sewannee, Tennessee school. Called on to play a Jewish doctor during the Depression who was being fired because of his religion, the young McCrady was confused, especially about why the doctor was fired. But after long rehersals with the director, McCrady could act the part without really understanding it. A few months later his school was set to perform the Mikado. But McCrady sat that one out: "It sounded Japanese, and I couldn't sing and didn't want...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: ...And It Pays Badly, Too | 6/11/1987 | See Source »

Meals range from morning coffee and danish breaks to sit-down dinners and the traditional Eliot House lunch of salmon and strawberries. Thirteen thousand meals are served on Commencement day itself, including the lunch of fan-cut, chicken marinated with a tarragon vinaigrette, fruit and tea sandwiches, Hennessey said...

Author: By Camille L. Landau, | Title: Around the Clock Operation: Setting Up for Commencement | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

...Thirteen proved to be a lucky number for the Harvard baseball team yesterday...

Author: By Anne Gammons, | Title: Batsmen Walk Past Crusaders, 8-7, in 13 | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

Inside, the third period of the tight, one-goal contest began. Thirteen minutes later, Crimson junior Allen Bourbeau notched a power play goal to give Harvard a little cushion...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Column One | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...committee, made up of 10 faculty members and five student, heard 132 cases resulting from the sit-in. Thirteen students were required to leave Harvard for varying lengths of time, 20 were required to withdraw but their sentences were suspended and the remaining 99 were placed "on warning...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: DISCIPLINE AT HARVARD | 2/4/1987 | See Source »

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