Word: 10th
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...Harvard garnered first place in its last seven races to snatch wins over both league opponents. The Crimson beat Cornell 162.5-137.5, and outgunned Dartmouth 239-61 in a tale of two halves. Harvard finished the 2004-2005 season undefeated in dual meets and claimed its 10th conference championship in 13 years. After the loss of several key seniors, such as James Lawler, the Crimson hopes to remain atop the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL). Judging from Saturday’s performance, the Crimson remains the team to beat in the EISL. “This meet was very important...
...absolutely helps the morale of the team going forward into next season.” In the second half, the crowd’s cheers played an increasingly larger role as the game became a close and tense affair. The Quakers brought the game within reach in the 10th minute when the Crimson made a mistake on its coverage off of a free kick. The ball found an unguarded Derrick Jumper on the left side of the goal, and he passed it in to Kevin Unger for the score. After Harvard regained its two-goal lead, it appeared...
...holy month of Ramadan. On display are some of the oldest texts and instruments related to the study of the heavens. They were created to answer specific questions, but they also uncovered natural phenomena that helped explain celestial processes. In his Book of Fixed Stars, 10th century scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi provided exact coordinates for 1,018 stars and 48 constellations. A 14th century copy of his book imaginatively renders a constellation as two sword-wielding warriors holding the heads of recently dispatched enemies. An 11th century celestial globe from Muslim Spain also pinpoints the precise locations...
...Cordeiro said. “It was exciting to finish so well in our first race, and it was exciting that we were hopefully going to continue and keep that up.” Despite the strong initial performance, however, Steele and Cordeiro eventually settled for 10th place, finishing with 110 points. “It was really good to get a good race like that starting off, and you’re really pumped for the event,” Steele said, “but then whenever you make mistakes later you kind of know that you should...
...able to do it.” Meanwhile, the Bobcats went up 3-1 in the second period with a power-play score and then a quick strike off the draw. In the third period—after Dan Murphy finally connected on Harvard’s 10th man advantage, bringing the score to 3-2—Quinnipiac converted a 5-on-3 to regain its two-goal lead. “We didn’t get beat down low,” Reese said. “The game was won on special teams?...