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...team beat ranked opponents Connecticut and Boston College and lost to no teams outside of the top 20 in the country save Dartmouth in that overtime loss. In fact, the Crimson lost to only one team by a margin larger than one goal, a 5-1 defeat at the hands of reigning No. 3 Maryland early in September...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Nearly Snaps Tigers' Streak | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...became increasingly clear that Princeton and the Black and White would be dueling for second, as the Badgers stroked to a three-length margin. In the end, the Tigers snuck across the line about one second ahead of Radcliffe, but were almost 12 seconds behind Wisconsin...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 1 Women's Lightweights Settle for Bronze | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...enormous margin of victory, the largest in the history of the event, led to speculation that rowers from Wisconsin’s heavyweight program may have dropped down a class to fill out the lineup. Such rumors were wholly false...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 1 Women's Lightweights Settle for Bronze | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

Although Nader rejects the idea that he cost Al Gore the 2000 election, it is an article of faith among Democratic leaders that he did. In Florida and New Hampshire, the number of Nader votes was significantly greater than Bush's thin margin of victory; Gore would be President had he won either state. "In 2000 we made a mistake because we ignored Nader for months," says Gore's former campaign manager Donna Brazile. "We gave him time not only to build a credible movement but also to get inside battleground states and hold huge rallies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nader Effect | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

University Director of Labor Relations Bill Murphy said both negotiating teams were happy with their results and confident that the new contract will be ratified by a wide margin...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard, Union Cut New Deal | 5/28/2004 | See Source »

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