Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Japanese monk, noting that it took China three centuries to adopt Buddhism from India, said introducing it in America would be like holding a lotus to a rock and waiting for it to take root. It has been only 60 years, and at least one authority, Columbia professor Robert Thurman, states grimly that as far as he is concerned, a true, indigenous Buddhism doesn't yet exist here. But others are convinced that for the first time, American Buddhism may be strong enough not only to withstand the distortions of celebrity but also to attract and hold a significant number...
...That's a big emphasis with us as a team, and we talk about putting people away," Murphy said. "The first game of the year we did that, we came out the first drive of the second half and buried Columbia. We did that against Lehigh, but they got back in it. It's a concern, but we're a pretty good football team...
Without doubt, Harvard is a good football team. But it has to win close games, which has been a problem over the past four seasons. In last year's season opener at Columbia, Harvard blew an identical 13-point lead and lost in overtime...
During this period, several of his concerts, plus one experimental half-live, half-studio album were recorded. Until recently, these double-LP recordings were only available as Japanese imports, but Columbia has now reissued them, lavishly remastered and repackaged, and sounding as fresh as ever...
...strategy must have worked as Columbia broke the home team's run. The Lions roared back to a 12-14 lead and two game points. Led by co-captain Lolita Lopez, the Crimson players, many of whom were freshman, rose to the occasion to rattle off four straight points to take the match...