Word: wilding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Juilliard's theory department, has woven an intricate piece of pervasive undercurrent themes and harmonies, based on fourth intervals rather than the traditional thirds. The concert band's playing was coordinated; not too restrained and quite fluid. Its mastery of contrasting ominous percussion in the opening Adagio and wild dynamics in the ensuing Allegro was conspicuous. The reflective, nicely sustained passages of the muted brass in the second movement, along with the fine ensemble of the baritone horns' tone color in the Allegretto showed that a concert band can indeed render a sensitive performance of a demanding work without...
...Wald's only lapse in the period. Merrimack's long shots had been wild in the first frame, but in the second 20 minutes they began to find the mark. The Warriors failed to screen out the Crimson goalie, however, and Wald did a fine job of picking off the long-range blasts...
...then after Harvard had gone wild to tie the score, for a second time, midway through the third period, the Wilsons watched from the bench as, with 1:40 remaining, defenseman Steve Roberts fired a mortar from the right point that cleanly beat Brian Petrovek and gave the Friars the victory, their sixth of the young season without a single blemish...
...wild finish, which saw Harvard get the best opportunities but Providence the goal, was made possible by a ten-minute span of Crimson dominance earlier in the period...
...plenitude of wild game, the authors point out, gave Americans their insatiable meat tooth-they average nearly 200 lbs. a year per person. Even the once numerous Hudson River sturgeon were called "Albany beef." With woods and waters full of food, many early settlers found little incentive to farm. Besides, farms were fixed targets for marauding Indians. Pigs, which foraged for themselves, were easier to raise. As a result, by the 19th century salt pork became a staple at breakfast, lunch and supper. With the exception of Indian corn and potatoes, fruits and vegetables tended to be shunned as unhealthful...