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...which every move counts, the Crimson is feeling the pressure. “It’s pretty much do-or-die,” Altchek said. “We’ve been saying that all year...That’s helped us get motivated because any slip-up after that game against Penn, we would be having a hard time winning Ivy League. Right now things are still in our hands, and we’d like to keep it that way, so the point is to go there...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Title Hopes at Stake in Showdown With Dartmouth | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...might never know it, but from the athletic-all-stars to the preppiest of preps, there is a tiny hiding hobby or “extracurricular” interest within that is out-of-the-mainstream and clawing to be let loose. This sets the stage for the inevitable slip-up. One day, you’ll be eating in the dining hall and between bites of Emerald Beef someone will allude to her high school science-fiction club. Before you know it, they will admit that they kind of, sort of, held the office of president. Because these geek...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: In Defense of Geekdom | 3/7/2006 | See Source »

...opposite side of the gym, the feeling of shock predominated. A slip-up against Brown had turned into a skid at Dartmouth, and now it became a season death warrant in Cambridge. They had waited anxiously but confidently for the dramatic comeback to occur...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: Not This Time—M. Basketball Averts Princeton Miracle | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...insidious is a climate of fear so pervasive even public radio knitters are being axed.? While I won?t be sending KCRW any love letters soon, I understand their worries.? Now that the FCC has raised the fine per incident from $27,000 to $500,000, it?s one slip-up and your small local station is out of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Radio Show | 3/16/2004 | See Source »

Niagara’s lone goal of the series came on a Harvard slip-up in the first period. Sophomore defenseman Jennifer Skinner missed a Ruggiero pass, and Niagara’s Katie Gray picked up the loose puck. Skinner couldn’t catch up to prevent a shot, and Gray ended nearly 250 straight minutes of shutout hockey by Harvard. Gray beat freshman goaltender Emily Vitt on her left side, finding the angle past Vitt’s glove...

Author: By John R. Hein and Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: W. Hockey Takes Two from Niagara | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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