Word: columbia
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Radcliffe has hired two consultants--TonyKnerr, former vice president of finance andtreasurer of Columbia University, and publicrelations adviser Jim McAvoy of Burson-MarstellerInc.--to aid in the financial and external affairsof the negotiations...
...Crimson dropped a heartbreaker, 72-69, toSouth Carolina on December 19 before bouncing backto drub Wofford two days later, 87-67. The victoryover Wofford began another winning streak, thisone eight games long, that carried Harvard intothe Ivy League season. Routs of Columbia, Cornell,Pennsylvania and Yale were intertwined with afive-point squeaker at home against Dartmouth, andan 86-81 overtime win against Brown...
...weeks later, following two more wins atCornell and Columbia, Princeton came into "the LavPav" for a much anticipated rematch. A win by theTigers would have brought them to within one gamebehind Harvard in the chase for the Ivy crown, butthe Crimson had no desire to end its reign atopthe Ancient Eight. Before a crowd of 1,636--thelargest home crowd of the season--Harvard avengedits earlier loss with a 58-52 victory...
Refusing to allow this rough stretch to bring the team down, however, the Crimson showed much heart in recovering to end the season. Harvard proceeded to defeat Notre Dame, Columbia, New Hampshire and Cornell to end the season red-hot. Unfortunately for the Crimson, the midseason slump proved to be its undoing, as it was denied an invitation to the ECAC tournament...
...smattering of wins against non-league opponents Virginia, B.C. and B.U. were signs of what was to come in the ensuing month. An easy 6-3 win over Pennsylvania was soon followed by victories over Columbia, Princeton and Cornell. All of a sudden, the losses during spring week seemed like distant memories, as the Crimson rolled through its league schedule and was only two wins from clinching at least a share of the title...