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...those eight wins, the Crimson's average margin of victory was sixteen points. Harvard has fallen by an average of just three points in its trio of home losses...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball Hosts Columbia and Cornell in Farewell to Dan Clemente | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

...tinkly music played, the fallen hero went out horizontal, like in the bad action movies, and the helicopter took him away, over the trees, taking all hopes of a Tribal Council with it. And at the end, Kucha prayed solemnly over the fish Mike caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ouch! Mike — No Shrimp He — Falls on the Barbie | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...best thing that can come out of this quake will be improved building codes. Moderate quakes test the building codes in the affected area - they can shake loose a few buildings that might have otherwise fallen down altogether in a larger earthquake. And buildings are what cause the bulk of earthquake damage; if a quake happened in the middle of a cowfield, there'd be no damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rattle in Seattle: How It Happened | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

Once Pluto, king of all the netherworld, got some respect among astronomers. In 1930, he joined his brethren as the namesake for the farthest planet in our solar system. But among some astronomical ingrates, Pluto has recently fallen out of favor. Two years ago Pluto was almost reduced to a mere "minor planet" by the International Astronomers Union, and last February New York's Rose Center for Earth and Space left Pluto off the list entirely, relegating him instead to a disk of icy comets known as the Kuiper Belt. One year later, passions still rage in the astronomical community...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Editor's Notebook: In Defense of Pluto | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

...preview, Coleman was surprised to discover that much of her hard work had fallen by the wayside, and that the final version of the film bore little resemblance to the last version of the script that she reviewed...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Latin Professor Who Consulted on | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

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