Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soiled beaches. Downtown real estate values have soared 200% or more as speculators and promoters of every ilk and bilk rush to make the démodée dowager a belle again ?and so prepare to wring the belle of millions of restless Eastern betting chips expected to wind up cozily close to home. "Most people can't afford to go to Vegas," notes one booster, already trying to one-up Nevada. "Anyway, who needs sunshine in a casino...
...waster. Rowlands and Janssen contrive to make something real and affecting out of their soapy roles, and the closing sequence of the movie-full of determined cops, flying bullets, panicked fans and trampled bodies - is good for a few edgy moments. Of course, the quiet after so many clocks wind down is itself impressive, not to say a relief...
...Cyrano's Atlantic crossing, the whims of wind and water were taken in experienced strides; the works of man, however, caused considerable difficulty. Sophisticated electronic equipment mysteriously refused to operate. Partly in consequence, Buckley fills his pages with freshets of information about ocean cruising. He makes a useful distinction between "expertise" and "expertness." In the spirit of 19th century British intellectual noblesse oblige, he simply and clearly explains marine navigation. As skipper he is heavy on object lessons, especially in matters of boat safety. Two people lost their lives while sailing Cyrano under charter: a scuba diver died...
...Symphony for Band, written in 1951 when the composer was 56. This work in three movements was written at the request of the U.S. Army Band, and maybe little else need be said. Actually, the Symphony for Band by Hindemith has become somewhat of a staple of the wind band repertoire, but its rendition by the Concert Band Friday night was not as even and impressive as in parts it showed potential...
...this year's group seems perfectly content to stay put. "People here don't go to the Yard dorms--except to steal their toilet paper and stuff like that," boasts F. Douglas Raymond '80. "On weekends we may take a turn around the Yard, but usually we wind up coming home...