Word: guts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gut-check time," Wojcik told his teammates in a huddle after Harvard called time...
...That gut-wrenching loss seemed to be the back-breaker for the Crimson. The following week, Harvard suffered an unexpected loss at the hands of Patriot League opponent Holy Cross, and the three subsequent games saw a struggling Harvard offense muster only 10 points. By the time Penn came to town, the Crimson seemed too frustrated and too tired to hold the Quakers in check...
Moderator Osborn Elliott '46-'44, former CEO of Newsweek, recalled the search for gut courses under the accelerated degree program...
...microscopic protozoan called Myxobolus cerebralis, whose spores are released when infected fish die. These spores are not in themselves harmful to trout. It is only after they have been ingested by inch-long Tubifex worms in the mud that the parasites become dangerous. In the worm's gut, the protozoan takes a new form: grappling-hook-shaped spore cases that when released from the worm, can invade the gills and skin of tiny rainbow fry. The infection eats away at the cartilage of young trout, leaving them deformed, discolored and often spinning frantically in small circles until they die. Hence...
...exact science," said Brian R. Blais '97, co-chair of the Levenson Committee and council vice president. "We are picking from people who have a CUE guide rating of 4.9 versus 4.8. It obviously comes down to gut feeling at a certain point...