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...doubt as to the existence of a correlation between academic exemptions and on-field performance seems to be removed with a glance at the Columbia football team; formerly the doormat of the league, it has recently regained respectability. According to one University donor and athletic booster, "It's no secret they decided Columbia needed to be more competitive, so they let them relax their standards a little bit more...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: Balancing Sports and Scholarship | 9/15/1995 | See Source »

Then the bomb fell. The Crimson lost 10 straight games and 16 out of its next 17, with the lone win being a one-point victory over Columbia, a doormat upon doormats. Harvard would finish 6-20 overall and 4-10 in the Ivy league, marks similar to the three other Frank Sullivan seasons. Nevertheless, the long losing streak will force the 1994-1995 edition of Harvard basketball to unhappily stand out above all the rest...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Men's Cagers Try to Fly Out Of Doldrums | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...under the doormat,'' the sloth says, then turns around and walks out of the club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...minute break is over, so I have to ponder the meaning of this through the rest of my shift. Then, I drag myself up out of the couch, open the front door and peel up the doormat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...sloth had told me that ``the key is under the doormat,'' and I'm willing to bet many Simoleons that this number is an encryption key that will enable me to send and receive coded messages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

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