Word: cupfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...young gunmen -- few have the heart to trace the blame to the homes that produced the killers. Doubtless too many parents can see themselves in that position to confront the uncomfortable, unfamiliar reality of suburban teenage anomie. In a country where burning yourself with a very hot cup of coffee is considered grounds for a lawsuit, the temptation to place the blame on someone -- anyone -- else is apparently irresistible, especially in the face of such an unconscionable...
This year's IV has performed well, winning the first three races of its brief six-race season. On April 3, they drove past Cornell and Penn at the Matthews Cup, held in Philadelphia on the Schuylkill River. One week later they beat Dartmouth and MIT decisively in the Biglin Bowl, which took place on he home course. The next day, they journeyed to Princeton for a showdown with Rutgers, where again they prevailed by over eight seconds on the 2000-meter course...
However, as any Harvard oarsman will remind you, the real test comes annually on this week, when Harvard, Yale, and Princeton do battle at the highly contested Goldthwait Cup. The HYPs, for short, are often a prelude to the EARC Sprints Championship and the national championship. In some years, the crew that has won at HYPs has gone on to be Eastern and national champions...
Thus far, theses two crews have also experienced great success: the 2V boat is also undefeated, and the 3V team has defeated Penn, Cornell and Rutgers this year. Lenhart cited an important goal for the season: to win the Jope Cup, awarded each year to the league at the Eastern Sprints...
...country, he brought the Kings to the brink of the Promised Land, losing in the Stanley Cup finals to none other than the Canadiens. For perhaps the only time in his career, the hockey gods didn't smile...