Word: slipperyness
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THROUGHOUT HISTORY, GOING BACK AT LEAST TO THE Peloponnesian War, nations have ascribed idealistic purposes to their military struggles. But as with Sparta's classic balance-of-power contest with Athens, discernible national interests have always been at stake. What makes America's intervention into Somalia seem so inspiring -- and...
"I'm not surprised to hear it closed down," said Mark I. Osborn '93, who rode the escort service at 7:30 p.m. Osborn, who is a shuttle bus driver but was not driving Saturday night, said the roads were dangerously slippery at that time.
Chief of Harvard Police Paul E. Johnson decided to close the escort service at about 10 p.m. after one driver reported "spinning out" and others reported dangerously slippery conditions, said Sgt. William K. Donaldson, the Harvard Police supervisor on duty Saturday night.
So has gone the 1992 Crimson football season. The ball, so to speak, has bounced every which way away from Harvard. Or, more accurately, the ball has consistently bounced through Harvard's slippery hands.
Unfortunately for Harvard, even the best-laid plans can go awry. And in this case, they did. The sixth-seeded Crimson opened the tournament with a first round loss to Slippery Rock. Freed, who had predicted that the opponents would be overly confident, watched his team fall to an obviously...