Word: showdown
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...Gelman paced the Crimson with 24 points, almost half of which--11--came from the free throw line. Despite the fact that scoring star Allison Feaster fouled out with over four minutes to play, Harvard hung on down the stretch and set up a what looked to be a showdown with the Big Red, one of the other two undefeated teams remaining in Ivy play going...
...days later, the b-ballers pack their bags and trek up into the netherlands of Colgate College for Friday's showdown against the Red Raiders (whom the Crimson beat last year...
When the Harvard men's swim team (5-0, 2-0 Eastern Regionals) left to face Virginia, Villanova and Florida State last weekend it knew that this was going to be an important weekend. Harvard, ranked No. 17 in the nation before the meet, knew that the showdown with fellow nationally ranked Florida State would be important, but a hairless Crimson squad was ready...
Thus the stage was set for Sunday's showdown. Despite its recent failures, UMass is a very capable team, having shown both flashes of brilliance early in the season and determination as of late. Consider its gritty 1-0 win over George Washington November 9 which knocked the Colonials out of the national rankings. The Minutemen prevailed despite being outshot 21-7 on the combination of Dion's solid goalkeeping and Kurowski's dependable scoring...
...showdown of Saddam Hussein in the Persian Gulf just five years ago appears today as a cultural relic of the '90s, another touchstone of popular culture created for our general consumption. It was the closest that our generation has come to large scale international conflict, thank God. We all watched the war on television, but few if any Harvardians partook...