Word: behind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...professor did offer a lottery among sophomores for the remaining spaces. But the displaced sophomores must now jump into a new course a week-and-a-half behind and, like other students lotteried out of classes, must enroll in their second-or third-choice classes. Problems such as this one can be prevented or at least eased in the future by implementing a number of changes...
...while James, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, was breaking out of his sophomore slump, Harvard was not so lucky. The Crimson found itself behind early in both Ivy games and were able to come back and win only the Yale game. Against Brown, James' five three-pointers in the second half sparked a Crimson comeback, which cut a 13-point halftime lead to one point, 58-57, with seven minutes remaining in the game. But another Brown run iced the upset...
Harvard's loss to the last-place Bruins dropped the Crimson two-and-one-half games behind Princeton and two games behind Dartmouth in the Ivy standings...
Tsongas, the designated chair of the regents, strongly endorsed the ideas behind the study. The former U.S. Senator has vowed to be a strong advocate for higher education and has lobbied for spending more on the state public college system...
Tower: I'm damn glad you're sticking behind me, George. A while ago, I almost believed those press reports that you didn't think I had the discipline to manage Pentagon reform after I rammed Ron's defense buildup through the Senate. You know, George, if the stink about my seeing that Russian woman down in Houston taught me anything, it's that sometimes it's better to have a little restraint, even if it means turning down a piece...