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...first football game between Harvard and Yale took place when Ulysses S. Grant was president of the United States, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a five-year old pre-schooler and the Science Center probably referred to a collection of Bunsen burners somewhere in the basement of Sever Hall. The 1875 competition--which was in reality more a rugby match than anything else--was actually not the beginning of the Harvard-Yale rivalry. That had begun more than two decades earlier with crew. No helmets or equipment were worn--the teams wore hats, knickers and britches for uniforms. The game...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Harvard-Yale Football: Who Cares | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...called the New Haven House, and on Saturday morning, rather than tailgate, the Yale men drove their Cambridge counterparts around New Haven, showing off objects of interest in town. The game started at 2:30 p.m. (this year's game starts at 12:30) and was played at a place known as Hamilton Park. The price of admission was 50 cents. On a sour note, seven Harvard students were arrested on Saturday night in the city for creating disturbances by hooting and singing in the public streets. They would be fined $5.29 a piece...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Harvard-Yale Football: Who Cares | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...format of the calendar file is pretty simple. A sample is listed below. Any place an "*" appears means ANY. So */25 means the 25th day of EVERY month and 10/* would mean EVERY DAY of October...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The ABC's of CRT | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

Johnson, the former academic dean, stepped down last summer to spend more time on her research. Murphy said she recommended that the pair combine to take her place, although sharing deanships is not a common Harvard practice...

Author: By Eli M. Alper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For GSE, Two Heads are Better than One | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...actions are an unprecedented attempt by a university to discipline a graduate for a non-academic infraction that took place while the alumnus was in college...

Author: By Alexis B. Offen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Student Sues MIT, Claims Broken Contract | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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