Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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There is no second coming in this novel. There isn't even a premonition--only the sad spectacle of a writer at the end of his ingenuity, forced to undermine the foundations of his best work out of desperation or delusion. His characters don't make a new start at all, just a very, very old ending...
Aside from a tougher schedule--and the daily four-mile runs and two-mile swims the coach will require--varsity status means that the University can start to recruit better players. In the past, Pike explains, it was hard to bring in all-Americans, who knew that because Harvard only had a club, they could never compete on NCAA qualifying squads...
...favorite. The consensus at this point is that the team as a whole stands to gain the most as a result of the struggle. As senior captain Chuck Durst puts it, "Naturally, it's great to have umpteen many quarterbacks. It'll improve the quarterback who's going to start." And perhaps most critically, he adds, "And this year we're not really worried about losing a quarterback but confident someone else could repalce...
...before he calls the Pump Room for reservations, Alevizos will have to get accustomed to pitching relief. "I only had one start this year, and I prefer starting," he said. "But I think I'd have a better chance to make it big as a reliever. I don't have the strongest arm in the world, and when I start I often get tired after six, seven innings...
...meantime, Epps says this year he will start working on the recommendations that the administration has not yet tackled. One of these is devising a systematic method in which students can report incidents of violent or non-violent racial incidents to University authorities. In addition, Epps will make sure students are acquainted with the new Massachusetts civil rights law that will provide protection against racial violence...