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Harvard had to be careful to avoid a letdown after the heartbreaking loss from the night before. The Crimson knew that it could not take the struggling defending-Ivy champions lightly...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Splits P's, Stays Atop Ivy | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...Institute of Politics (IOP), too, was a letdown...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Skeptic | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

...What a letdown. People were hunkering in bomb shelters, stocking up on canned food and cleaning out gun shops, but for what? When Jan. 1, 2000 rolled around, there wasn't much destruction as a result of the dreaded Y2K computer bug. A few minor glitches popped up here and there, like people in New York and Nebraska being charged over $90,000 for turning in rented videos late or the New York Times' automated phone system telling people that it was the Jan. 3, 1900 issue of the paper. Ironically, the homepage of the self-proclaimed "inventor...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Lauding the Y2K Hype | 1/12/2000 | See Source »

...Crimson will now look towards next week, when they have two more Ivy League games at home against Yale and Brown. Likely the team's biggest challenge will be to avoid a letdown after such an exhilarating victory...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Hoops Trounces Rival Dartmouth | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...feeling of letdown everyone will experience starting Jan. 1, along with a pounding headache, nausea, sensitivity to any sound louder than a mouse cough and wishing that the world had in fact come to an end just after midnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ask Doctor Y2K | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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