Word: torrid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Burns Torrid...
Corris' showdown with Buckley was postponed because of the Yalie's illness, but that didn't deter the Crimson record holder from lowering his Harvard record in the 200-yard breaststroke to 1:15.2. Corris followed the Blue's Dick Traver's torrid 1:02.8 pace for the first 100 and glided into the lead and won easily, relaxing over the last 50. If Buckley swims in the Easterns next weekend, he could well receive the surprise Corris was planning to spring on him Saturday...
Complex Tapestry. Yet as opera, Don Rodrigo was something less than a torrid success. Ginastera's score, based on a twelve-tone scale and structured after the manner of Alban Berg's groundbreaking 1921 masterwork, Wozzeck, struck the ear but not the heart. It was a complex musical tapestry, flecked with startled tones of brass and wood wind and splotched with splashes of percussion. In total, the score failed to achieve the delineation of character and dramatic thrust that distinguish great opera from good. Don Rodrigo was nonetheless an adventure worthy of the underwriting (by Mrs. John...
Taking the lead at the gun, Burns set a torrid pace, whippping through the 440 seconds. He continued past the half mark in 1:54.5, about three seconds faster than his normal 1000 pace...
...surprisingly, Harvard couldn't sustain this torrid pace in the second half. The Crimson never really settled down; Yale was committing a rash of fouls, and Harvard didn't even get the opportunity to set up any plays. During the entire second half, in fact, the Crimson only attempted 18 shots. Unsettled by this drastic change in the style of the game. Harvard committed numerous ball-handling errors and was murdered under the boards...