Word: rusted
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...once whitewashed walls were yellow with age and streaked with dust. The single naked bulb was coated with grime and extremely dim. Patches of the cement floor were black with dampness. A strong musty smell pervaded the air. I hastened to open the only small window, with its rust-pitted iron bars. When I succeeded in pulling the knob and the window swung open, flakes of peeling paint as well as a shower of dust fell to the floor. The only furniture in the room was three narrow beds of rough wooden planks, one against the wall, the other...
...Delaney-Smith is quick to point out that Harvard’s challenges start with its own play. Before righting its ship with a thirty-point blowout win at Brown last Saturday, the Crimson dropped a 61-53 decision to what looked to be a beatable Yale team. Rust and lack of focus likely played important roles after Harvard missed three weeks of live competition for reading and exam periods...
...recover from finals as it began its spring season a few days after exam period ended at home in the Murr Center with the Harvard Intersession Invitational, while also sending two players to New York City for the Columbia Classic.But if the Crimson felt any fatigue from exams or rust from the long layoff between seasons, it didn’t show. Harvard players took both the singles and doubles titles at the Invitational while battling hard against tough competition at Columbia.“I was very pleased with the start because [playing] after exams is really hard...
...question remained, however, would Harvard be able to shake off 20 days of rust to secure all-important Ancient Eight victories...
...Harvard men’s swimming and diving team rang in the New Year with a bang, decisively defeating Rutgers and Navy on back-to-back days. Despite the fact that it had not competed in over a month, the Crimson showed no signs of rust in easily dispatching its opponents. HARVARD 188, NAVY 112 The Midshipmen came to Blodgett Pool on Saturday with a surprising 11-0 record, including a defeat of 2006 EISL Champion Princeton, but left with their first loss of the season. The Crimson (5-1, 4-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League...