Word: cold
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...temperature dropped and the wind picked up, the Harvard bats went cold and the Crimson toppled to the tune of a 5-0 loss to Boston University (20-9, 1-1 America East). For Harvard (12-12, 4-0 Ivy) the loss was its first since spring break, and it snapped the Crimson's 16-game home winning streak that dated back to April...
Harvard and B.U. were supposed to play a doubleheader, but both coaches agreed to cancel the second game because of cold weather and high winds...
Simply put, as an interesting and inspirational speaker, Greenspan just doesn't match up to the world leaders and Cold War heroes who have paraded through the Yard in recent years. The conventional wisdom is that Greenspan will not--in fact, cannot--say anything of import, because if he did, it would cause significant shocks to the world economy. In a now-famous incident in 1996, Greenspan commented that gains in the stock market at the time might have been caused by "irrational exuberance." In response to his skeptical comments, markets around the world tumbled...
...temperature dropped and the wind picked up, the Harvard bats went cold and the Crimson toppled to the tune of a 5-0 loss to Boston University (20-9, 1-1 America East). For Harvard (12-12, 4-0 Ivy) the loss was its first since spring break, and it snapped the Crimson's 16-game home winning streak that dated back to April...
...worrisome. Gates complains of "administrative processes that were too complicated and time-intensive." He could even swing some environmentalists to this rule because it would reduce paper consumption. However, the temptation to cut down on waste and the desire to transact efficiently cannot supersede the importance of having cold, hard documentation of highly valuable transactions. Let's not go too far in risking our rights and our identities for efficiency. WILLIAM B. NOEL Jackson, Miss...