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...this year its larger current swung north to Hudson Bay, its lesser branch south to Mexico, leaving the midlands arid and hot. Now, after nearly three months of deprivation, the great Missouri-Mississippi watershed has fused into a giant arc of aching thirst. The heartland bower of James Whitcomb Riley and Edgar Lee Masters, of Indiana and Illinois, has received less than half the normal spring rainfall. The soft night lawns are brown crackling grist. The old swimming holes have evaporated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Dakota: The Big Dry | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...ensuing championship game, Boston University and Harvard entered the final period locked in a scoreless tie. It was Tate versus Lisa Whitcomb, a Terrier goalie who had not allowed a goal in four games of Beanpot play. Final score--Harvard and Tate 2, B.U. and Whitcomb...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tate's the Key | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

Both Harvard and Boston University enter the third period of the Beanpot championship in a scoreless tie. B.U. goalie Lisa Whitcomb surrenders her first two goals in four games of Beanpot play, as the Crimson finally emerges a 2-1 victor, taking its first-ever championship...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Playing for a Different Pot of Beans | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...real stalwart of the B.U. squad is junior goalie Lisa Whitcomb. A Stoneham, Mass. native, Whitcomb has recorded three shutouts in four Beanpot appearances and had a hot tournament two years ago when the Terriers won the classic...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Playing for a Different Pot of Beans | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...opponent is going to have to take a lot of shots to beat her," said Christakos of Whitcomb, who has a solid 1.44 goals-against average so far this season...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Playing for a Different Pot of Beans | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

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