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...Harvard defense gave up only two combined first downs on Penn's first six possessions after the half. During that span, three plays after senior Mike Giampaolo missed a 30-yard attempt, Kacyvenski made an interception to give the offense the ball at the Penn 30, and Harvard scored to make it 14-7. Another three-and-out followed, and senior Terence Patterson returned a punt 77 yards to tie the game...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blee-ve It! | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...pair of field goals for each team accounted for all the scoring in the first half. In the third quarter, however, Penn struck three times in the span of 5:14 to put the Tigers (3-5, 1-4) away...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Around the Ivy: Yale, Brown in First with Two Weeks Left | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

Totman's goal at 10:31 came off what was the last in a series of corners for the Crimson in a span of only a few minutes...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Soccer Claims Ivy Crown | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...seconds Estimated attention span of a goldfish Sources: The Washington Post, AP, Roper Starch Worldwide, American Pet Products Manufacturers Association

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...biologists who believe that aging and death are as inevitable as taxes. No one really knows if human longevity will come up against a fixed barrier somewhere or if, like the sound barrier, it is there only to be broken. Some gerontologists say the limit of the average life-span is 85 years; others, 95, 100, 150 and beyond. No one understands the economic barriers either. Ronald Lee, a demographer at the University of California, Berkeley, calculates that for each year we add to the average life-span, the economy will have to grow 1% to pay for our care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can I Live To Be 125? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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