Word: dan
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...what’s best for our economy. Undoubtedly, if we woke up tomorrow and Yale had shut its doors, the world would change very little. If Yale athletic teams failed to show up to games, the scores would be practically indistinguishable. And would anyone notice if Handsome Dan were not dragged around the field? Probably only Handsome Dan, and the mascot would surely be all the happier to skip the exercise. Maybe we could also finally stop hearing about Aleksey Vayner. It is so tiring when it is that easy to make fun of someone. Yale University President Richard...
...waiter Dan Zirimitusa darts among tables popping caps of beer bottles and serving food, he gasps: "There are more than 200 people coming tonight. Big Brother has been good for business." The bartender, wary of spies from competing establishments, immediately shushes...
...teams from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford against each other along a four-mile stretch of London's River Thames, is the most famous, most watched rowing race in the world. In April, when Cambridge staged an amazing come-from-behind win, one of the victorious rowers was Dan O'Shaughnessy, a brash Canadian who initially didn't make the coaches' cut. O'Shaughnessy's a strong rower, but in this sport, synchronization is key, and his technique didn't quite mesh with the Cambridge rowing style. Still, his clowning good nature made him popular with the team...
HIDDEN TUNE The true Da Vinci code may not lie with Dan Brown. According to Giovanni Maria Pala, an Italian musician and computer technician, the grand master stored a secret composition in his Last Supper masterpiece...
...shot from just inside the blue line that found its way into the back of the net for a power-play goal to put Harvard up, 2-0. Shortly thereafter, play got more physical. Pelle and sophomore center Doug Rogers got into a scrum with the Engineers’ Dan Peace and Ben Contini, resulting in two-minute minors for all four players. Minutes later, a holding penalty gave Rensselaer a chance to threaten the lead. Yet, once again, Richter was up to the test. In one sequence, the junior made a sprawling save, then scrambled back to his feet...