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...tinge of intrigue, the taste of victory, the pain of defeat. For close to 75 members of the Math Club and their guests, Pi Day is an epic quest for mathematical, as well as digestive, domination. 3.14159 (etc...), revered for its infinite mystery and natural frequency, is the reason why Math Club revelers are celebrating “a bad approximation” of pi on a snowy Friday afternoon. Though typically celebrated on March 14 at 3:14 p.m., the Math Club decided to settle with the inaccuracy of celebrating on March 12th at 3:12 p.m. because March...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Williams, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Piece of their Pie | 3/18/2004 | See Source »

...other teams. (And what illegal substance was he on? Prohibition-era booze.) Bonds could be playing at that level. When he walks to the plate, he's not really facing the pitcher on the mound; he's facing down the legends of the game. That quest is motivation enough for him to pamper and punish his body legally. Or perhaps illegally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baseball Takes A Hit | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...seeded Harvard (25-3-1, 15-3-0 ECAC) begins its quest for a national championship in the ECAC playoff tournament against eight-seeded Cornell (7-19-2, 3-15-0) in a best two-out-of-three series this weekend...

Author: By John R. Hein and Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Crimson Shifts to Postseason Mode | 3/12/2004 | See Source »

...loss was Harvard coach Frank Sullivan’s 200th with the Crimson. A win would have been his 142nd at Harvard, tying Floyd Wilson for the school record. The defeat also postpones the Crimson’s quest for its 150th win at Lavietes Pavilion to next season...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quaker Offense Stifles M. Hoops | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...another DVD extra, narrator Morgan Freeman insists on the role of these survivor-storytellers in teaching the young about bigotry. "Could it change the world? The Shoah Foundation knows it can." That seems an impossible quest. But what Schindler accomplished, Spielberg hopes to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schindler's Legacy | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

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