Word: sparking
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...significant playing time had taken place during Week 6 against Princeton. Junior Liam O’Hagan took over for Pizzotti in that game, a 31-28 loss to the Tigers, but experienced a reversal of fortunes this weekend.With the Crimson offense struggling and in desperate need of a spark, Pizzotti replaced O’Hagan behind center for Harvard’s second drive of the second half.“Quite honestly, we were just trying to generate some offense, some consistency,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “Both guys did a solid...
...knowing that it was only through the clever machinations of Aaron Burr and Martha Washington that James Madison’s five-foot five-inch bod landed Dolley Payne, a “buxom brunette with remarkably fair skin.” The future Mrs. Madison would later spark a fashion trend as each of her dresses were “set off with ostrich plumes and feathery birds of paradise and topped those creations with matching headdresses from her collection of bright turbans and crimson caps...
...fate.Meet captain shooting guard Jim Goffredo and sophomore point guard Drew Housman: the Ivy League version of basketball’s dynamic duo.With the captain knocking down threes while looking to lead the team in scoring, and the young point guard creating and distributing, the two seem poised to spark the Crimson—with backcourt dominance.“We potentially have two all-league players at the one and two [positions], with [Goffredo] and [Housman],” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan says. “So while we’re young, I think...
...financial spark for Edwards’ vaccine spray comes from a $7.6 million grant from a charity whose endowment tops even Harvard’s—the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation, through its contributions to professors like Edwards, is shaking up a quarter-century-old practice that has placed research universities between titans of government and industry...
...normal democracy, the resignation of a few ministers wouldn't spark a constitutional crisis. But Lebanon is anything but normal - it's a sectarian democracy, based upon the balance of power between religious groups. And that balance is now collapsing...