Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here last night, the Whale crushed the Harvard men's hockey team...
...Yale Whale, a.k.a. Ingalls Rink, has harpooned the Crimson before. In fact, Harvard has only beaten the Elis once in New Haven since...
January 31: The Yale Whale springs a leak the week before the game, but it is patched in time for a 3-1 Eli upset...
...turns out, was not a particularly nice fellow, and his epic voyage was less than heroic in its details.) Matters then proceed through a number of other diverting incidents, among them the hijacking of a Mediterranean cruise liner by Arab terrorists, Jonah's sojourn in the belly of the whale, the historic wreck of a French ship and the religious experiences of an American astronaut. The localized pleasures in each chapter -- Barnes is both erudite and witty -- are somewhat diminished by the suspicion that the end design will amount to no more than academic playfulness. There is much to savor...
...Marfa installation alone will cost $18 million. Its benefits include some 30 new technical jobs, an annual payroll of $1 million and perhaps a few carloads of tourists drawn to the remote prairie for a look at what townsfolk fondly call the "big, pregnant whale." Says local newspaper editor Robert Halpern: "This is a real shot in the arm for retail sales and real estate -- and community pride too. We used to get attention for our cow pastures. Now people know we're doing all we can to fight the drug...