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Injuries crippled the Crimson forces in the meet. Coach Bill McCurdy said, "The loss of John Murphy in the mile and in the two-mile relay, the absence of Paul Organ in the hurdles, and the inability to use Peter Nsiah in the dash each significantly took its toll on the overall team performance...
...good. The screenplay not only spins the tale of a tragic love triangle, it also attempts to chronicle Sally's growing political radicalization and her feminist-styled friendship with another woman on base (Penelope Milford). In the film's second half, the narrative extravagance takes its toll. Contrived plot devices, including the suicide of a minor character and the sudden intrusion of malevolent FBI agents, spring up to jerk Coming Home toward its conclusion...
...Marriage and childbearing are "national priorities" that produce social prejudices against the widow and the unmarried woman. "To be single," writes Hazleton, "is considered the greatest misfortune that can befall an Israeli woman." In primary schools, she says, youngsters absorb "a shocking degree of sex stereotyping" that takes its toll on Israeli females. One kibbutz psychologist finds that girls are consistently more moody, tense, tired and anxious than boys...
...injury list grows on, and with each toll of the death bell it gets to the point where if you want to watch Harvard hockey in action you have to pull up a rinkside wheelchair at Stillman Infirmary...
Harvard was plagued by fouls in the first half as they racked up 13 to ENC's three. Sluggish passing and an injury to Curry also took their toll on the Crimson. With six minutes gone in the first period, Curry took a hard fall and sprained her ankle, leaving the team without her services for the rest of the game...