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...shutout, but a vicious Crimson defense and almost 200 yards of total offense from Fitzpatrick brought the fans over the (surprisingly high!) walls of the stadium and onto the field to celebrate a 35-3 blowout and the greatest season in modern Harvard history. Could the Class of 2008 outdo itself in its sophomore season?As alumni streamed into the Yale Bowl for the 122nd Game, even a share of the Ivy League title was out of reach. Brown, despite having lost to the Crimson in double-overtime, was a lock to win the crown outright. Nevertheless, the most dramatic...
...Star newspaper of the policeman who found the body of Catherine Eddowes, a prostitute murdered in the autumn of 1888 by the serial killer the media dubbed "Jack the Ripper." But if the Ripper's notoriety was fueled by a fiercely competitive media market with newspapers trying to outdo one another in relaying gory details of the crimes, unearthing clues, floating theories and taunting the police, his killing spree remains an object of fascination more than a century later - not least because it was the exploits of "The Ripper" that first acquainted comfortable middle-class London with life...
...resentment over past wrongs pushed the sub-continental giant to distance itself from its colonial master and forge a role as a "non-aligned" leader during the Cold War. For years, England-India cricket matches were charged with an extra element of rivalry as the Indian team tried to outdo their erstwhile colonial masters. A little over a decade ago an Indian Prime Minister called the U.K. a "third-rate" country after a perceived slight on an anniversary, and Prince Philip caused a furor during a Royal visit to the site of the massacre at Amritsar when he suggested that...
...dining hall walls, broadcasting pertinent information like which dishes require a fork. 8) Instead of “Savory Spotlights,” HUDS will fly someone’s mom in every week to actually do the cooking. 9) Make It Rain was decent, but PfoHo can outdo itself next year. Real Benjamins, baby. 10) Screw recruiting. Harvard can buy the Celtics. Does that violate any Ivy League standards? 11) To conserve, showerheads will be removed and students will receive an Evian bottle for daily showering. In most respects, this sucks. But hey, it’s Evian...
...quarter began almost as quickly as the third, with sophomore midfielder Jason Duboe taking the game into his own hands on an unassisted goal just 2:05 in. Hat trick has been the name of the game for the sophomore of late, and yesterday he found a way to outdo his previous three-goal performance—adding two more goals for a hat trick in the first half alone. The third and final time he found the back of the net was the only score of the second quarter for either team...