Word: game
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Probably all of these contribute to the HPC's success but they are simply subsets of a dominant characteristic: an unusual willingness to play the legislative game by the Faculty's rules. Lucid position papers, frequent compromise, and judiciousness are all highly valued in the Faculty, and the HPC has been able to push cautiously and successfully for the none-too-radical reforms it has advocated...
...football team started the season with impressive trouncings of Lafayette and Boston University and then continued its winning ways in the League against Columbia and Cornell. As in so many years past, the reunion-day game with Dartmouth loomed as pivotal in the Ivy race...
Harvard fell behind 17-0 before rallying behind the running of Ray Hornblower and Vic Gatto to take a 21-20 lead with only a few minutes remaining. But Dartmouth pulled out the game and a lot of Harvard spirit on Pete Donovan's last-second field goal...
...finale, against already-crowned League champion Yale, Harvard fought back from another 17-0 disadvantage, only to lose, 24-20, when All-East quarterback Brian Dowling hit Dan Marting--whose defender had slipped--in the clear. It was a bitter ioss for the Harvard team which had entered the game a three touchdown underdog...
...soccer season was one of those which helps the percentage, but wounds the spirit. Without a superstar, Harvard relied on a balanced scoring attack and niggardly goaltending to stay in Ivy contention. In the first key game, against Pennsylvania, Nov. 4, third-string goalie Jay Breese (both John Axten and Dick Locksley were hurt) played a solid game, but the Crimson attack was impotent and the Quakers...