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...discussion of an Ivy title drought must begin with the dominance of Penn and Princeton. The Quakers and Tigers have combined to claim a share of all but six Ivy titles and have grabbed a piece of all but two championships since 1962 (Brown 1985-86 and Cornell...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: One Last Chance To Reverse History | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...been 60 years since Wyndol Gray ’46, who played a season with the Boston Celtics, captained that Crimson squad to a bid in the Big Dance. Few teams in that span have had as good a chance as this Harvard squad to end that drought...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: One Last Chance To Reverse History | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

Jane Anderson: I’m not a Midwesterner, but I have enormous respect for the Midwest sensibility. The thing about the Midwest is that it’s a farm culture, and the farmers know that if their crops are destroyed by drought or locust or freezing, they can’t sit on their porch and cry about it. They have to get back on the tractor and plow the field. And it’s that kind of sensibility that I admire, and that’s Evelyn Ryan’s sensibility. Some people call...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Anderson Explores 'Midwest Zen' | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...also been bloody: he was injured by a knife-wielding Islamic militant in 1994. Salim invited Jal to collaborate with him on Ceasefire - 10 songs that reach across their religious, cultural and age divides. On Lemon Bara, Salim sings like a poet of "tears that water the drought," while Jal rides the percussion of Aiwa with the rap, "If you got love, you got the victory." Together on Ya Salam, they greet Sudan's fragile new peace as a time to draw breath. Sung in the many tongues of Africa, wedding ancient rhythms to modern youthful optimism, Ceasefire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Songs of Experience | 9/25/2005 | See Source »

This offensive drought is not a new trend for the Crimson. At this point in the season last year, Harvard had managed just eight goals, and three of those goals came in one game...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Repeat in Works for W. Soccer | 9/23/2005 | See Source »

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