Word: landings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...every now and then, the land presses in. Cathode ray insulation can't prevent a direct confrontation between man and the great outdoors. Driving across the continent seems completely safe, completely isolated until the breakdown...
...there is no "real world" to disturb the traveller. Even further west, until the Great Plains start their ascent to the Rockies, the world is unequivocally man's--safe and predictable. There is not a mile of road, from Illinois to Nebraska, down into Colorado, that passes through unfenced land. Along every mile you can see farm buildings, a town--organized, controlled, regular use, of the land. The great four-day show unwinds, leaving me spectator to the true-to-life drama around...
Unfortunately, Utah and Nevada generally defeat such attempts. As I left town, the land changed from low foothill country of Colorado. Watered hillocks gave way to the terrifying, barren and twisted land that sees less than seven inches of rain a year. The road, no longer flanked by fences and farms, cannot remain a symbol of man's secure hold on his own turf. It seems instead an imposition, almost an irrelevance. As I passed the turnoff to Salt Lake other motorists evaporated. I was left all alone on a superhighway, seeing five cars in half an hour...
...coach could complain about the work of Harvard's fullbacks. Captain John Sanacore, tough, hard-working, well-skilled on land and above it, will probably move up from the all-Ivy second team to the top Ivy squad. His mirror image at right fullback, Lorenzo DiBonaventura, played almost as well as Sanacore, while Duggan and Sergienko in the middle quickly learned to play well together and stop opponents from going for Harvard's jugular and drawing blood...
...before you yawn with boredom at the exploits of the Crimson's 1979 soccer team, recognize them for what they were: a fine team. And if Harvard can land an English 18-and-under international next year whose application is purportedly lying in Byerly Hall, watch...