Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Brown (5-1-3, 5-1-3)--the lone team to defeat Harvard this year--sits directly behind Princeton in the standings, trailing by just a single point. The Bears, winners of two straight conference games, head into the break with the momentum needed to win the ECAC crown...
Fifty-seven years later, the Crimson (2-8-1, 0-8-1 ECAC) finds itself with a similar record but in a much different predicament. Two home losses last weekend--a 2-1 setback Friday against Clarkson and a 5-1 defeat the next evening at the hands of St. Lawrence--leave Harvard in the midst of a downward spiral rivaled only by that disastrous team of 1940-41. CLARKSON 2 HARVARD 1 ST. LAWRENCE 5 HARVARD...
...scoreboard revealed the final result--a 20-12 loss for the women and a 23-4 defeat for the men. HARVARD 4 COLUMBIA 23 HARVARD 12 COLUMBIA...
...sight of the truly bad leads one to consider skipping the meal. My experience from the dining halls is a little removed at the moment, as I am spending this year abroad, but I know reaching into the freezer for dinner here in the apartment is the sign of defeat even before calculating the fat and salt numbers. And so I indulge my obsession: bringing home expensive bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, searching around for pure vanilla, buying pine nuts and an array of spatulas my roommate can't tell apart...
...good beginning meet because they're not any Ivy team, and it's good experience for the freshmen," Hanson said. "I look for us to defeat them soundly...