Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attempts at making their way home for Christmas Eve in the midst of a snowstorm. The urgency of memory, the need to mediate all the past's heart-break and humor, infuses Wolff's story with dead-pan beauty. Reminiscent of Raymond Carver's classic "Popular Mechanics" (minus the bloody conclusion) in terms of its powerful brevity, "Powder" is the best work included in the anthology...
...Crimson's defensive unit held the Big Green to minus three yards rushing and 173 total yards. Harvard also intercepted five of quarterback Pete Sellers' passes over the course of the game to hand Dartmouth its first shutout loss since 1987. That same year also had marked Harvard's last winning season, but Saturday's win ensured that the Crimson will finish above .500 once again...
...defense, which had let some leads slip away in the past, suffocated Dartmouth, allowing minus three yards rushing total. That statistic is even more impressive considering that the Crimson defense relaxed and allowed a 21-yard run on the last play of the game...
...Harvard's defense more than met the challenge. Dartmouth's starters combined for 12 rushes and minus 30 yards...
...just an itch in Lamar Hunt's pants. Under those conditions, these picks of teams from the NFL's red-meat days are a lock: Take the Barry Sanders' Lions and 10 points against a Packers team that can't stop the run. Take the Redskins minus three against the Bears. And for God's sake, don't ever pick the Cardinals again after last week's debacle-- take the Eagles and give four points...