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...ground. Bolstered by a number of timely kills from Jones, Harvard closed out the match without much of a threat from the Nighthawks, sealing the final set, 30-22. With yet another solid victory, the Crimson seemed to prove that its drastic shift in results is not a fluke, but rather a sign of genuine improvement...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Win Streak Hits Three | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

...Some seismologists have doubts about Grant's research, saying the toads' behavior could have just been a fluke. After all, critics say, the L'Aquila earthquake was preceded by minor shocks that also worried the city's residents. "If there was a fright among the toads, it would have been a reflection of the fright that was happening among the people," says Pascal Bernard, a seismologist at the Institute of Earth Physics in Paris. "People were afraid, but nobody knew for certain that something was going to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Toads Predict Earthquakes? | 4/1/2010 | See Source »

After impressing her coach with a second-place performance last week, Lee continued to prove that it wasn’t a fluke...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Wins Its Fourth Straight | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...Fluke or not, the goal was a momentum changer, as it moved the Crimson from an imposing two-goal deficit to a more routine one-goal margin—which Harvard had already overcome the night before...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Holds on for Tie, Secures Playoff Home-Ice Advantage | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...possible that the Iowa cat's case may be a bellwether of future pet disease, but it's also possible it was just a fluke event. At the cat's advanced age, its immune system may not have been as adept at fending off influenza as that of a younger animal - similar to the vulnerability seen in aging humans. Still, says Dr. Ann Garvey, state public-health vet at the Iowa Department of Public Health, "We just don't know, we really don't." (Watch a video about a pet store in Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Can Has Swine Flu? A Cat Comes Down with H1N1 | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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