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Again awoken by its brush with calamity, Harvard rallied in the weeks that followed, crushing defending champion Penn, 31-10, to secure the league crown, then routing Yale at home, 35-3, to close its historic run and establish itself as the only class whose members defeated the Bulldogs four years running. (Harvard did sweep Yale from 1912-1915 and 1919-1922 but, because freshmen were not allowed on the varsity at that time, only the members of the Class of 2005 actually won on four occasions...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Defeats Yale Four In a Row | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Just a week later, Harvard would again come from a goal down to brush aside one of the nation’s 10 best in the Terriers. Grumet-Morris again provided the defensive backbone, logging 30 saves, and Pelle and fellow freshman Mike Taylor, two of the Crimson’s four regular first-year contributors, provided all the offense Harvard would need...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Men's Ice Hockey | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...Grant's new reality show is so sweet that you may need to brush and floss after watching it. In the pilot for Three Wishes, making its debut this fall on NBC, the Christian-pop singer and a crew visit a small California town to do three life-changing deeds. They arrange an operation for a girl whose skull was shattered in a car accident. They help a boy get adopted. And they build a new football field in honor of a high school coach with leukemia. Grant dispenses hugs by the bushel, sheds tears and pulls out her guitar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You Wish Upon TV | 6/6/2005 | See Source »

...through the woods with the Timberland Trail Lizards ($110; timber land.com) A thick rubber cap near the toe and saddle near the mid-foot help clear brush on the trail, while lightweight Gore-Tex stitching keeps water off your socks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fitness: Fun In The Sun | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...Wind by Yi Chong (1541-1626), a royal prince who is considered the greatest Korean painter of bamboo. You can almost feel the breeze as the dark leaves float away from their own ethereal shadows, an effect Yi achieves by altering the proportion of water to ink on his brush. Animals and birds also make symbolically important appearances throughout the exhibition, which opens under the gaze of a lively 9th century temple carving of a tiger, the protective symbol of Korea. Cranes, which symbolize longevity, are well represented, too. In The Moon and Two Cranes in the Middle of Bamboos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brush With Perfection | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

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