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...relationship between killer and killed. In a terrific battle scene, Kurosawa doesn't even show a gun going off--shots from the dark pick off one soldier after another, and the soundtrack is filled with clinking spears and screams. In the final battle we see volley after volley of an immense line of rifles, and we hear men shrieking, horses whinnying and bodies falling, but only after the last shot is fired does Kurosawa cut to the battlefield itself. Then he gives us, in slow motion with hollow trumpets ironically restating the victory theme, horses writhing, kicking...
...performance tonight was aided by a superb showing from the Crimson defense. The Terriers fired a volley of shots on the Harvard net, but most were harmless perimeter blasts, with no follow up or rebound. Lau's excellent stick-work (strong, wide clears) made sure of that, and then Mark Fusco, Scott Sangster, Neil Sheehy, Alan Litchfield, Ken Code and Bill Sztorc--all of whom played well--got the puck out. No crowd scenes in front of the net, no tip-ins, and a well-played...
Debbie Kalish and Martha Roberts also had little trouble in dispatching their adversaries at the sixth and fourth spots respectively. Kalish completely outgunned Ilene Zucker on the way to a 6-1, 6-2 triumph, and Roberts used a powerful serve and volley game to take...
...Edward J. King and Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III arrived by sea as well, but in separate motor launches. O'Neill drew cheers from his hometown crowd, but King was greeted by a volley of boos and hisses as he stepped ashore...
Senior Meg Meyer also went down 6-3, 6-4, despite a vigorous effort against UMass number five, Paula Natale. Meyer served at 4-5 to even the second set, but Natale responded to Meyer's serve-and-volley strategy with well placed passing shots...