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...games would have been disappointing, but to fail to learn anything from those defeats and to fail to improve would have been deadly. Last season, the Crimson rebounded for the third-largest turnaround in the modern era of its history, winning eight more contests than it had during the dismal 2003-2004 campaign. The energy was back in a languid program. With both All-Ivy big men returning and the existence of clear heirs to the positions vacated by the departing seniors, Harvard would have another “best chance.” Another Cusworth injury tripped the Crimson...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Last Gasp for Best Chance | 2/10/2006 | See Source »

...graduate student vs. what they get paid in investment banking, there's no doubt that there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps your first academic love." As for teaching science at the precollege level, salaries and working conditions are even more dismal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Losing Our Edge? | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...hockey team sputtered on offense—especially on the power play—against an unranked Union team on Friday night at the Messa Rink. Although the Crimson fared well on faceoffs, winning 59 percent of them, that success seemed to be the only positive note on a dismal night for the Harvard attack. In the opening period, the Crimson fired only four shots on target and failed to get the puck on net in 51 seconds of man-advantage play. The pattern would continue for the rest of the game, as Harvard generated just 26 shots against...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Offense Sputters Versus ECAC Foes | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...None of the four leading candidates has shown the ability to become a new Saddam, but their credentials make dismal reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bloodied Iraq Cries Out for Leadership | 1/4/2006 | See Source »

...pressuring us and we just couldn’t get the ball to the inside.”Harvard tried to fight back by applying pressure to the opposition, but the Pride kept beating the Crimson on the drive, allowing it to rack up points. Harvard’s dismal rebounding—in the first half, it snatched nine to Hofstra’s 28—was the biggest problem, according to Delaney-Smith. The meeting wasn’t a complete wash-out, as McCaffery snapped a two-game drought with four three-pointers. She and Franklin...

Author: By Elyse N. Hanson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops drops eighth straight contest | 12/29/2005 | See Source »

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