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...Saturday, Moore put the nail in the Elis coffin. On the power play with 6:51 remaining in the game, Moore took a shot from the left face-off circle that was blocked. The rebound came right to Moore in the slot and he rifled it home for a 5-2 lead...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Steve Moore '01 | 2/29/2000 | See Source »

Among the most painful defeats were his dad's, not his. He has often told the story of the day in 1964 when his father lost a Senate bid and Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin told the young freshman that "your father lost to a better man." Twenty-eight years later, Bush's father lost again, to an Arkansas Governor the family considered a lesser man. "W" told a longtime aide that his father had asked him to secretly reconnoiter his 1992 campaign and determine if it had anything to worry about. "W" did just that and reported back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fathers, Sons And Ghosts | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...most powerful moments of the novel have little to do with the journey at sea. Faced with a father dying from cancer, Raban anchors his boat and rushes back to England to spend time with his parents and prepare for the funeral, noting the analogue between plush coffin and the luxurious cabin of his vessel at sea. He candidly discusses his relationship with his father and notes the various transformations over time, the final of which comes with the hardship of dealing with death...

Author: By Susan Yeh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Raban sees reflection in frozen waters | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

...Cornell was putting the nail in Harvard's coffin on the ice, a group of students did the same off of it. A bunch of Big Red kids had painted their stomachs with "JR Sucks!", an extremely inaccurate, but humorous attack on senior netminder J.R. Prestifilippo...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Killer Cornell | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...President of the United States for 12 of the most tumultuous years in the life of the nation. For many, an America without Roosevelt seemed almost inconceivable. He had guided the nation through democracy's two monumental crises--the Great Depression and World War II. Those who watched the coffin pass were the beneficiaries of his nation's victory. Their children would live to see the causes for which he stood--prosperity and freedom, economic justice and political democracy--gather strength throughout the century, come to dominate life in America and in much of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: (1882-1945) | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

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