Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard put up Olympian numbers against its ancient rival, Yale, in January. The Crimson bulldozed the Bulldogs, 8-1, baffling All-ECAC netminder Mike O'Neill. The blowout marked the beginning of the end for the Elis, who sputtered out of league contention...
...when Harvard (7-3-3 overall, 4-1-1 Ivy League) last traveled to Philadelphia--in November 1986--the top-of-the-Ivy Crimson was shocked 3-0 by a Quaker team that had not won a league contest all season. The loss ended Harvard's bid for an Ancient Eight title, handing the crown to Yale...
Cage says he then began to consult I Ching, a book of ancient Chinese wisdom, to come up with ideas for his music and lectures...
According to Cage, the I Ching book is the oldest of its kind on earth. He says the ancient sages used to toss sticks in 64 different ways to learn how to find answers to specific questions about life in the I Ching book...
...Norton lectures. He says that he has incorporated the principles of I Ching into a computer program that simulates the "binary probability function" produced by tossing the sticks. Computers can perform the random operations and interpret the results much faster than humans, Cage says. "It is the most ancient and very modern mechanism and is in relation to all numbers," he says...