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...game dragged on, however, whatever early optimism the Crimson had disintegrated into missed opportunities and a string of costly ejections. Up 5-2 with six minutes left in the second quarter, miscue after miscue allowed MIT to climb back into the game, as sophomore Kraig Salveson, freshman Michael Crosby and senior Tom Chalberg were ejected on consecutive plays...

Author: By Ronald Romero, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Water Polo Suffers Letdown in 10-9 Loss to MIT | 9/23/1998 | See Source »

...best keeper in theIvies and who posted an outstanding .793 savepercentage and 1.21 goals-against-average lastseason, is the back-up on this team. The starter,junior Anne Browning, is coming off a stellarseason in which she gave up just 0.64 goals pergame in 11 contests. The third-string goalie,senior Meredith Bagley, would start on many teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FALL SPORTS PREVIEW | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...best keeper in theIvies and who posted an outstanding .793 savepercentage and 1.21 goals-against-average lastseason, is the back-up on this team. The starter,junior Anne Browning, is coming off a stellarseason in which she gave up just 0.64 goals pergame in 11 contests. The third-string goalie,senior Meredith Bagley, would start on many teams...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: W. Soccer Starts Season With Split | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

Poor Ayckbourn. The British playwright has turned out a string of increasingly dark, provocative comedies. Yet the few U.S. productions of his work tend to reinforce his outdated reputation as the British Neil Simon. Yes, Communicating Doors, now on display in a sprightly off-Broadway staging, is a relatively playful piece. A hooker (Mary-Louise Parker) gets called in to service an old geezer, who promptly confesses that he had his first two wives killed. She flees into a closet, doors spin, and we are transported to the same room 20 years earlier--then 20 years before that. The time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Communicating Doors | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

Stiffer racquets offer more control, Brody notes, but flexible racquets are more comfortable. The professor pooh-poohs the digital precision of rating systems, at least for Bad Doubles players: "You cannot tell the difference between a 6.0 and a 6.2," he says. But even players like me should consider string tension: "The tighter the strings, the less power you get," he explains. Racquets strung less tightly launch the ball like a trampoline but with some loss of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis Technology | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

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