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Relations between the two men skid into a series of affronts, real or perceived, while Breege, Brennan's younger sister, looks on with mounting dread. She loves her brother but also feels, in spite of herself, drawn to the stranger. When Brennan senses her interest, he strikes her and accuses her of siding with the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Perils of the Rustic Life | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...biggest challenge tomorrow against Yale (6-20-1, 2-19-1) will be making the long trip late tonight from Princeton to New Haven for a 3 p.m. face-off. The Elis are on a four-game losing skid and can finish the season in no higher than 11th place...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Heads South Looking Ahead to Playoffs | 3/3/2000 | See Source »

...Sullivan would need him. With the Crimson facing an Ivy weekend against Cornell and Columbia on a three-game losing skid, Clemente's amazing recovery could not have come at a better time...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clemente Provided Needed Boost for M. Hoops | 2/7/2000 | See Source »

...snapped a two-game losing streak for the Crimson (6-7 overall, 1-0 Ivy), and stopped the team's 2-4 skid since losing junior forward Dan Clemente, an Albany native, to a season-ending eye injury...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Tames Great Danes | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

Coleman also scored when the rest of his team couldn't. The Crimson made just one field goal in the last 8:37 of the first half--a baby hook by Coleman--and it was the junior who broke the skid in the second half, scoring Harvard's first five points on a pair of low-post finishes and a free throw...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Bad Breaks and Bad News at B.U. | 12/8/1999 | See Source »

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