Word: assuredness
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In 1964 Robert McNamara coined the phrase "assured destruction" to describe how the U.S. and the Soviet Union aimed atomic weapons at each other to deter a nuclear war. When wags prefixed the word mutual to McNamara's expression, the cold war era was acronymically defined: MAD.
But a last minute Tim Burke empty-net goal and fierce defensive play by the Crimson nailed the coffin shut and assured Harvard's first victory in the Beanpot in two years.
At 19:46, Burke assured his team of the win by putting in an open-net goal to make the score 6-4.
Last night's win assured Harvard of at least a share of first place in the ECAC going into today's action.
Harvard still has its problems with thegovernment. By taking the public relations highground, though, the University has assured itselfof having to deflect less flak from theCongressional subcommittee members than many otherschools, particularly MIT.