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...first of the goals, freshman Julie Chu claimed possession in the Harvard zone, sped down the ice and passed the puck across to Botterill, who cut in and beat Sandahl glove-side...

Author: By John R. Hein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cornell, Colgate No Match For W. Hockey | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...outlawed the game because of annual injuries, students held a funeral for the tradition, complete with a coffin for the deceased football and eulogy written partly in Latin. In Adams House, students participated in a raft race on the Charles River. One year, MIT students entered the contest and sped to the finish by hiding an engine under their raft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Dorm's Eye View | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

...species has driven other species to extinction for thousands of years, and the process has only sped up in the last 200. A 1999 report in the journal Science showed that the extinction of a large Australian bird called Genyornis newtoni 50,000 years ago was likely due to the colonization of the continent by humans. Around the same time, a whopping 85 percent of Australian land animals larger than about 100 pounds went extinct. The evidence shows that the Australian penchant for barbecues was significantly responsible for that...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CAVORTING BEASTIES | Title: Why a Rat Had To Die | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

...carts sped off, running a loose circuit around the Castle that cut within inches of the crowd. When the race was over, the Strokes got their giraffe and the spectators drifted away...

Author: By Kyle J. Berkman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Strokes Punish ’Poonster In Go-Kart Around Castle | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

...settings. Cyclists will race around the base of Acropolis hill. The archery competition will be held in the Panathenaic Stadium, originally built in the 4th century B.C. and used in the 1896 Games. The marathon race will retrace the route of the very first marathon man, who sped with news of victory from the battle at Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C. Toss in Greek charm and an eagerness to succeed, and the Greeks may have the formula for a happy and successful Games. With a population of 10.9 million, Greece is the smallest country to stage the Summer Games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad Dash To the Start | 9/29/2002 | See Source »

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