Word: near-misses
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...second half, Harvard pressure in the BigRed zone created several near-miss possessions, asthe Crimson was able to lock down on Cornellthrow-ins and prevent the backs from clearing outeffectively...
Harvard began the Ivy campaign off a 7-6 Florida spring training trip, which included a near-miss 10-7 loss to Oklahoma State and closed rather unceremoniously with a three-game sweep at the hands of then top-ranked Miami...
Last week's near-miss accident at cheerleading practice that rushed a student to the hospital highlighted an important problem for this gymnastic club sport: not having a coach may be flirting with disaster. Though a search by the team and the Athletic Department was underway before last week's mishap, we call on Harvard Athletics to step up their efforts to find a coach--fast...
...many astronomers, last week's near-miss of asteroid 1996JA1, as it has been officially designated, was a kind of warning shot across Earth's bow. They have been trying to convince the world--with only modest success--that asteroids like this one represent a clear and present danger. To meet that threat, they have proposed a network of computer-monitored telescopes (equipped with sensitive electronic cameras) that would seek out threatening asteroids or comets in plenty of time to fend them off with appropriately designed long-range missiles...
...world, however, still seems largely unconcerned with the danger posed by large bodies hurtling in from space, despite the spectacle two years ago of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 riddling the planet Jupiter with mammoth explosions. It remains to be seen whether last week's record near-miss has changed any minds...