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Indeed, as the weather became progressively colder and winder, the Crimson began to falter. In the final event before the winter break, Harvard finished 13th out of 47 teams at the New England Intercollegiate Championships, a tournament which saw Harvard's top golfer, Radtke, post a mediocre two-day score...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Men's Linksters Go Up and Down | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Harvard then had four so-so non-league games, going 1-3 against varying competition to close out the 1995 half of the season at .500. Especially given Harvard's historically uncanny ability to falter at the end of the season, this record might cause alarm, but the Crimson wasn't playing all that terribly...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Snowden, Gilmore Lead M. Cagers to Best Season Since '84 | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...energetic, well educated, modern and ambitious to a fault. They aren't really sure how much power they have over this process; they don't understand exactly how to use it. But that just gets them talking more. As in any good Elizabethan drama, when the king begins to falter, the princes commence to plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: Rescue Party | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...Harvard players jogged--no, in fact, they sprinted--to the locker room at halftime. Even though up 21-7, they sensed a changing of the guards. After a near-flawless 20 minutes of football, the Crimson's domination began to falter and it was running for cover...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Fordham Turns It Around After 20 Minutes | 10/2/1995 | See Source »

...beat Bill Clinton. This scenario has two weaknesses. First, most Republicans think they can beat Bill Clinton without Colin Powell and could turn on Powell like a virus. Second, to give up his happily settled life to contest the G.O.P. nomination, Powell will have to see Dole's juggernaut falter -- and falter by autumn if Powell is to have enough time to organize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COLIN POWELL FACTOR | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

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