Word: dampers
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With Saturday’s win, Penn broke a six-season Ivy title drought—and in the process put a serious damper on the Crimson’s chances for a three-peat...
...penalties charged to the Crimson accounted for 92 free yards for the Bears and put a damper on a number of Harvard drives, most notably a 60-yard breakout run by rookie Treavor Scales that got called all the way back because of an illegal block...
...History, as always, acts as a useful damper on overconfidence. Whole shelves of studies have been written on the mutual familiarity of German and British élites in the decades before World War I - which did nothing to prevent the two nations going at each other like frenzied dogs. The point is simple: China may amaze us today, but nothing about its future is certain. Its rise, like Germany's 100 years ago, could lead to murderous rivalries. Or it could help usher in a period in which more of humankind has more material benefits, enjoyed in peace, than...
...Dining Hall on Monday evening for the eighth annual Public Service Celebration, a formal dinner held to recognize outstanding senior volunteers for their achievements. While many students were honored for their social service work throughout the night, the specter of PBHA’s financial difficulties cast a slight damper on the evening’s festivities. Compared with previous years, fewer awards were distributed on Monday evening. “Due to some underperformance in the Harvard endowment, there was not as much funding to provide these awards,” said PBHA Executive Director Gene A. Corbin. While...
...year ago, Harvard traveled to New Haven needing—and expecting—a win in order to clinch an Ivy League championship and the tournament spot that comes with it. Instead, the Bulldogs shocked the Crimson 64-58, putting a serious damper on Harvard’s shared title and forcing them into a three-team playoff for the tournament place (which it would go on to lose...