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Harvard point guard Drew Housman pushes the ball down the court. The Crimson is up four with just over a minute to play. His defender gives him space. Housman takes two dribbles, stops, pops, and nails a three right in the face of his opponent. It is a dagger, sending the Crimson to a narrow victory. For anyone watching the game last against New Hampshire, this sounds like an exact description of Housman’s big-time three that put the Crimson up for good last night en route to its 72-67 ousting of the Wildcats...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Familiar Finish for Housman in Victory | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...game, Harvard shot just 21.4 percent from three, a sharp contrast to a season average of 42.9 percent from long range. Fairfield posted 4-of-9 in the same category in the first half, increasing the lead to 29-21 at half on Sabra Wrice’s dagger from three with just 24 seconds remaining before the break. Junior forward Katie Rollins led Crimson scoring in the half and the game, putting up six points in the first four minutes and finishing with 12 on the night. Junior guard Niki Finelli posted 11 points and eight rebounds...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Poor Shooting Derails Harvard | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...that was the dagger, Lin’s three-pointer as the shot clock expired with 1:36 remaining to give the Crimson an 89-68 edge was the nail in the coffin, capping off the big nine-minute...

Author: By Kevin C. Reyes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lin Nears Triple-Double In Victory | 11/18/2007 | See Source »

...says). The drive: 2 plays, 20 yards, 0:46 off the clock. HARVARD 23, PENN 76:44, fourth quarter: A short Hull punt hits a Quaker, and Noah Van Niel recovers the ball at the 20 yard line of Penn. Terrible, unforgivable mistake by Penn. That might prove the dagger in the proverbial heart of Quaker fans everywhere. So much for that whole non-violent stance, huh, guys...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: LIVE BLOG: Harvard Football vs. Penn - 11/10/07 | 11/10/2007 | See Source »

...technique that was popular in Lincolnshire, England, during the early 17th century. In one corner of its cellar the archaeologists found a butchered turtle shell and pig bones, as well as an Indian cooking pot with traces of turtle bone inside. Nearby were a Venetian trade bead, a sheathed dagger and a musketeer's kit bag. As a result, Kelso surmises that an Indian woman may have cooked for the inhabitants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamestown: Archaeology: Eureka! | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

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