Word: closely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the onset, Harvard (8-0) was challenged. Coach Chris Hafferty, who expected close games from both MIT and Queens, immediately saw one prediction become a gross reality Friday night as MIT gave Harvard one of its most thrilling scares of the season before Harvard pulled...
...first half was a defensive contest as the two squads battled through a scoreless half, but Harvard took control of the game in the second half as Greenberg scored a try to give the Crimson a 4-0 advantage. Liles added two penalty kicks to close out the scoring...
...gunshots and screams waking villagers who lived nearby. But not until last spring did the full horror begin to be known. Workers digging a trench for a gas pipeline through the forest near Minsk came across a heap of human skulls pierced by bullets from Nagant revolvers fired at close range. The prosecutor of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic set up a commission to investigate the murders. Last July more skulls and bones were unearthed, along with paraphernalia of everyday life -- remnants of packed lunches, purses filled with kopecks -- indicating that the people had been snatched from their daily routines...
...halftime, the scoreboard read 8-3. Vermont never came close again, despite enjoying 11 man-up situations in the game, assisted by Crimson carelessness and the referees' generous whistle-blowing...
Ueberroth's group made a $464 million offer for Eastern last week and then withdrew the bid after being told by Texas Air that it had been topped by another suitor, identified by sources close to the situation as billionaire hotel executive Jay A. Pritzker...