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...Saturday, on a turbulent Seekonk River in Providence. Brown rowing enthusiasts thought for a while that the prize would finally be retaken. The Bruins' shell, stacked with five of last year's IRA freshmen sprint champions, jumped off the line to a half-length lead and seemed poised to pull away from the Crimson boat...
...annually. Government service has also taken a toll on Richard Sinnott, 55, the former city censor. In charge of issuing permits for rock concerts, Sinnott occasionally took in the acts. The rowdy crowds, he claimed, "instilled a sense of terror throughout my entire body. I was reduced to a shell of myself, barely able to function." His pension request: $21,000 a year...
...Pulling Mussels (From A Shell)," "Cool for Cats," and "In Quintessence," are some of the better known hits of the band, which will perform...
...shotgun wedding promoted by the ecumenical commission between progressive Anglicanism and the hard-shell Catholicism of John Paul II has no chance of success. When the modern bride-to-be realizes that her bridegroom goes apoplectic over abortion, birth control, compromise between clerics and laity, divorce and myriad other issues accepted by her generation, she will undoubtedly choose to go it alone...
When Goddard and Andrea finally meet, Kosinski demonstrates his conviction that letting a shell slip is always suicidal. Insultingly, though, he is not brave enough to let us appreciate a subtle message, but subjects us to a bloodbath to drive home a fear we all share. His conclusion is not only heavyhanded, but upsetting in what it seems to advise. The fear of being hurt is real, but one we must accept as a worthwhile risk. Opening one's shell is always dangerous, but like Goddard we all need someone to trust. Staying secure inside a shell is lonely...