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...year David Wells threw his perfect game, a rookie Cubs pitcher named Kerry Wood struck out a record-tying 20 batters and the age-defying Roger Clemens, while in the employ of the Toronto Blue Jays at that stage of his pitcher-for-hire phase, became the first pitcher to strike out 18 or more batters in a game for the third time...
...weather was phenomenal,” said men’s Nordic captain Dave McCahill. “It was perfect skiing conditions, and we were psyched to be there...
...determined and played one game at a time. And see what happened…we’ve been able to crawl ourselves back and now we’re in a good position.”Harvard was the preseason favorite to win the conference after going a perfect 26-0-0 in ECAC games last season.In another callback to last season, the top-seeded Crimson will once again face off against eighth-seeded Cornell in the tournament’s opening round. Last year, Harvard swept the Big Red, 3-2 and 4-2, at Bright en route...
...slump to “grow out of”—America embodies the awkward maladjustment of the pimply ninth grader, but on a macroeconomic level.Reading about breakups via text message and unfortunate ways to find out that your mom is dating again may just be the perfect complement to a material world in which no employment relationship is safe, and your company may be flirting with setting up shop in China.The economist Joseph Schumpeter described economic growth under capitalism as a process of “creative destruction,” under which the old productive edifices...
...first period they definitely controlled the play. [But] the momentum really shifted and I thought we took over the second half more so than they did.” On Friday, the Crimson struggled on special teams, going 0-5 when up a man. But Harvard was perfect with a man-advantage on Saturday, scoring two power-play goals. “After the St. Lawrence game, we watched some video and addressed some of the things we need to do better, such as moving the puck more,” Rogers said. “We came out against...