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...really good tune-up for us," Graham said. "We competed really hard, and we also got a chance to see what we should work...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Netters Shine At Invite | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...despite all the hype, and even a similar "Free O.J." party in the Quad, many students say they are not planning to tune in the trial. The Simpson case may play in L.A., but it is seen as too undignified to merit the attention of Harvard intellectuals...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell and Adam M. Kleinbaum, S | Title: Students Won't Turn O.J. On (Promise) | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...tournament, however, will serve mainly as a tune-up for the fall season and the ECAC tournament, held October...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Netmen to Yale; Netwomen to Host Tourney | 9/23/1994 | See Source »

...Sure, the Columbia defense was weak, giving up 424 total yards and 28 points to the Crimson, but offensively, it was extremely impressive. Its line shot off the ball noticeably harder than in past years and monstrous running backs John Harper and Marcellus White blew open holes to the tune of 77 and 49 yards, respectively. It executed soundly, and the Crimson interior defensive line came crashing down...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Not Too Bad | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...there an American composer more important, more familiar and yet more obscure than Scott Joplin? His signature tune, The Maple Leaf Rag (1899), was the first piece of sheet music in America to sell a million copies, and after the 1973 release of the film The Sting and its accompanying soundtrack, his rag The Entertainer was heard constantly all over the country. And yet this genius, whose ambition it was to merge white European classical forms with black American rhythms and harmonies, has remained a shadowy historical figure, a mysterious creature of the late 19th century urban demimonde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: American Schubert | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

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