Word: loss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard first has to put the Beanpot loss behind them...
...Foxwoods Resort and Casino. I hit the blackjack tables, that corner of the casino where so many poor souls hand over their paychecks. I proceeded to employ a tactic whereby I doubled my bet every time that I lost a hand. This approach is derisively known as "chasing a loss," and based on the structure of the casino's betting limits, it is statistically guaranteed to bankrupt the player--unless that player is extraordinarily lucky. And lucky...
Earlier this year, the Crimson suffered the unimaginable--a loss. Princeton beat Harvard 7-2 just after the Crimson squeaked out a tough 5-4 win over Penn...
Teaford thinks that the loss might have relieved some of the pressure on Harvard, even though it also cost the Crimson its aura of invincibility...
After his prepared speech, audience members asked Glickman questions ranging from the condition of grape workers to the dead weight loss effects ofagricultural subsidies...