Word: seconded
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...team sharing first place with Brown is the Yale Bulldogs. If Yale wins on Saturday, they get their first piece of an Ivy title since 1989. If they lose, and Brown wins (they are playing Columbia, one of the weaker teams in the league), they finish in second place, and the trophy is sent to Providence. There are no playoffs; Saturday's game will, indeed, decide...
...prohibition of athletic scholarships, were made fully operational in 1956. While the rest of the country was heading in a direction that some might refer to as the professionalization of college sports, Harvard and its league compatriots were taking a stand that emphasized superior academics first and athletics second...
...game went according to form for about 57 minutes, with slightly favored Yale maintaining a 29-13 lead. Then the poetry began at Soldiers Field. Harvard scores, but fails on the two point conversion, remaining 10 points behind. No wait, pass interference--a second opportunity proves worthy; Yale 29, Harvard 21, 42 seconds remaining. Onside kick. Harvard recovers, quickly drives down the field. Three seconds remaining, eight yard line. On the final play, Gatto catches touchdown pass for the score. Down two, no time remaining. Two point conversion successful, game ends in 29-29 tie. Both Harvard and Yale finish...
...trademark for a system of transmitting recorded background music by telephone line or radio to restaurants, stores, factories, etc. -noun, the music so transmitted, variously regarded as unobtrusive but pervasive, bland and monotonous, etc. (Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition...
...roll, winning eight games in a row to post its longest winning streak since 1981. After a dismal 1-9 record in Coach Jack Siedlicki's first season at Yale in 1997, the Bulldogs showed vast improvement last year in going 6-4 to finish tied for second in the Ivy League. Siedlicki now looks to take the next step, with his team at 8-1 and poised to take a share of the league title...