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...Crimson will face stiff competition this week when the squad plays the University of New Hampshire away on Thursday, and then takes on UMass at home next Saturday...
...four; instead, it got a boldface Poor. Sheraton rapped the place for every sin from pretentious décor to "lackadaisical and inept" service. The fish and lobster were "hopelessly overcooked." The egg roll "oozed grease." The spareribs were "dreadful," the dim sum were "stale," the sesame beef roll "stiff and cold." As for the chrysanthemum tea, it "could easily have been matched with water in which artichokes had been cooked." Ow! as they might say in Canton...
...nightcap, Brad Bauer, Vinnie Martelli and Charlie Santos-Buch took advantage of a stiff wind to rocket solo shots off Leominster High grad Scott Corliss. The homers brought the Crimson back from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to tie the score at three in the sixth inning...
...sprightly rhythms, captures just the same many-hued atmosphere as Epstein's staging. Unfortunately, it also introduces the only significant flaws in the Loeb production. The lyrics to Purcell's arias and choruses are often poetically inferior ot Shakespeare's verse, and sound rude, out of place. The stiff movements of singers from the Banchetto Musicale onto the stage--apparently to serve as a sort of Greek chorus as well as a musical one--has the same effect, clashing with the actors' finely choreographed and executed motions. The singers would be better off remaining where they begin, arranged antiphonally...
Some legislation is already in effect to help save the manatees. The 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits molesting, capturing or killing them, and is backed by stiff fines and jail terms for offenders. The 1978 Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act restricts boat speeds in critical areas (maximum penalty: $1,000 and a year in jail) and even forbids divers from enticing the animals into underwater play...