Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this unclassified virus to grow in tissue cultures. Since the illness in children is so mild, the raw virus could probably be used to infect girls before puberty; the danger is that if they escape childhood infection, exposure during the first three months of pregnancy may cause crippling or fatal damage to the fetus...
...just to the left of the navel. He sets the pacemaker on a bed of abdominal muscle. Only 2 by 3 by ½ in., it is so compact that the patient can bend double without feeling it. The battery should last four to five years, and failure is not fatal. The heart jogs along until the battery is replaced...
Indirectly, he was referring to Harvard's two fatal mistakes--the intercepted pitchout and a high pass from center on a fourth-down punt play in the second quarter--which set up Columbia's second and fourth touchdowns. Yovicsin was impatient and visibly irked over these plays; he couldn't pass them off as "that's the breaks," for they were identical to the two blatant errors in the Lehigh game which also led to touchdowns...
Late in the fourth quarter, with third and three, Bassett tried an option off right tackle in which came the fatal pitchout intercepted by Warren to give the Lions the ball on the Harvard 13. Haggerty ran the ball over from the two yard line to conclude the subsequent drive which sealed the final score...
...Billy Taylor, who turned in the best performance of his college career Saturday, returned the ball to the 30. Quarterback Mike Bassett, working at times with a new unbalanced-line attack, could not move the club, and on fourth down Taylor went back for the punt. Then came the fatal high pass from center, and Columbia took over on the Harvard 19. On the fourth play, Haggerty ran the ball nine yards off right tackle untouched for the Lions' second TD. Again, the PAT attempt failed...