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...date undefeated, the varsity will face tough opposition from two-time national defending champion Boston University. When the crews clashed earlier this season Radcliffe emerged a half-length victor over a B.U. shell which boasts five returning oarswomen from last year's championship eight...
...clothing, such as a pair of boots or a bathrobe, for the person. 8 Sheets for an Undefined Novel, a suite of etchings done in 1976 of single figures in black ink on soft gray paper, are among the most beautiful works in the show. The seated and half-length figures, part human, part mannequin, in these large prints are lost in private, unidentifiable thoughts. They are mysterious, often disturbing and erotic images, rich in psychological overtones. To several of the partly nude female figures Dine has added genitals painted in watercolor so that they glow like jewels...
...three-mile junior varsity contest, the Crimson took a half-length lead early in the race and tenaciously held onto it for the first half-mile. But then the Elis came back, and moved into a length's lead of their own by the mile mark. They never relinquished their margin, finishing nine seconds ahead of the Crimson...
...varsity went off the line against the Quaker crew it had beaten earlier in the season in San Diego and the host Midshipman eight. The Crimson's start, however, was none too good, and Penn quickly moved out to a half-length lead. By the 500 meter mark, Harvard had settled and was smoothly rowing through the boys from Philly when the first serving of crabs arrived...
...half-way mark, Harvard had again managed to pull even with Coast Guard. With 500 to go, the Crimson had a half-length lead. Tired of playing leap frog, the heavies rowed cautious and efficaciously toward the finish...