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...ornate decoration of many Gaudí buildings can be seen as at best superfluous, at worst kitsch. In his excellent biography Gaudí, published by HarperCollins last year, U.K.-based Dutch architect Gijs van Hensbergen says of the Catalan's first private commission, a house in Barcelona for the wealthy tilemaker Manuel Vicens, "ornamentation is everywhere in riotous and tasteless profusion...
...over and over during the building process, they needed to have bottomless pockets. Gaudí was also backed by superb Catalan craftsmen, particularly in stone and iron, and his studio included men both loyal and brilliant in their own right. One, the largely unrecognized Josep Jujol, is described by Van Hensbergen as one of architecture's "greatest creative geniuses...
Only the fine play of Princeton sophomore Megan Van Beusekom, the First Team All-Ivy goaltender, kept the Tigers in the games, as the close scores belied Harvard’s dominance...
...Van Beusekom] made some good saves,” Ingram said. “It was just a matter of time before...
Harvard opened the scoring just after a powerplay six minutes into the game. Ingram sent the puck to freshman linemate Nicole Corriero at the point. Freshman winger Kat Sweet, now a regular on the Crimson powerplay, tipped Corriero’s shot past Van Beusekom for the goal...