Word: spotless
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...Harvard women’s hockey team used a pair of games against ECAC also-rans this weekend to polish its perfect record, now a nation’s best 9-0-0.The last Crimson team to boast such a spotless record was the 2003-04 squad, which was undefeated through its first 11 games.“There are a lot of things that are special about this team,” tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said. “One is that we really have a good time together...when you care about the person sitting next...
...Like all history, Harvard’s is far from spotless. Yet four centuries of existence, endurance, and effective prosperity certainly speak highly in its favor. The memory of great men—and recently, women too—who have come before us, whether presidents, renowned scholars, or the captains of Harvard’s seven national-championship football teams, should inspire not only a sense of pride but a sense of duty. We have succeeded to a rich inheritance and thus are responsible for a sacred trust, for the work assembled over generations—one that...
...because it was so very meaningless after two prior championships. With these twin triumphs, a city steeped in a tradition of losing found itself immersed, uncomfortably but happily, in a culture of winning.But those aren’t my only sports memories from freshman year. I also remember a spotless 10-0 Harvard football season, led by the truly unfair tandem of Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 and Clifton Dawson ’07. And I remember my first exposure to The Game, a 35-3 demolition of the last obstacle between the Crimson and the Ivy title.The truth...
...waded into the flames and slowly beat them back. There is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, adept at both crisis management and showmanship, who moved fast, stayed visible and received a general's welcome after the crisis as he tossed the coin to begin the San Diego Chargers game at a spotless Qualcomm Stadium, which only days earlier had been home to thousands of evacuees...
...week, you can’t have a down week,” Princeton coach Roger Hughes said. “We have a playoff mentality every time we play an Ivy League game.”For the Crimson, a win will retain first place and a spotless Ivy mark for the team, which currently shares the top league spot with Yale.Hanging on to first place will require stopping a Princeton attack that features a deep group of talented receivers and the running of athletic scrambling quarterback Bill Foran, who averages 54 yards per game, good enough for fifth...