Word: walke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Down the concrete steps they dragged him, feet first, his head cracking again and again on the treads. Parker pleaded in vain: "I'll walk if you all don't drag me!" Blood trailed the figures as they stumbled onward, and a bloody handprint was slapped on the doorstep. The other prisoners ran to the window, saw the men fling their victim into a car, watched as the car and four or five other autos drove off. Parker's terror-choked voice was drowned by the chatter of youngsters leaving a dance down the street...
...exasperating inning in which the Crimson committed most of its seven errors, Boston Latin rallied in the fifth to a 3-2 lead. The Yardlings went ahead with four tallies in the sixth, however, on four hits, a walk, an error, and asacrifice...
Iouse Kasarjian opened with a walk an advanced to second on a bunt by Wadsworth which caught the B.C. infield off balance. An error by third baseman Ra Stebbins on a sacrifice attempt by Gerge Harrington then loaded the bases. Captain John Davis singled to center scoring Kasarjian and Wadsworth. Harrington then scored from first on a wild throw. A few seconds later Davis brought in the Crimson's final run on a passed ball...
...Crimson received the benefit of seven B.U. errors which resulted in three unearned runs. Center fielder Tom Boone and second baseman Jim Dwinell helped to amass the remainder with two safeties apiece. In the first inning a walk, an error, and singles by Phil Bernstein and Williams netted two runs, which turned out to be enough...
Although the rest of the Requiem never regains the magnificence of this opening movement, there are other high points, including the tender "Sing with the Spirit," the moving "Walk as Children of Light," and the virtuosic "Sing unto Him." Throughout the piece, Thompson demonstrates his absolute command of the choral idiom, and ability to produce a variety of effects without lapsing into mere showiness. His cadences perhaps lean too heavily on the received value of a rich pianissimo close, but, for the most part he does not substitute sound effects for more serious and difficult musical tasks, but uses...