Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contributing criticism to scores of quarterlies, editing others, bringing his admixture of exuberance and melancholia to packed houses at European and American colleges. "I have long insisted that the artist who works within the university system pays his way in society," says Heaney. "There's a strong puritanical streak in me that still believes...
Instead, the Cantabs had to settle for their first road victories in more than a year, two victories over league champion Princeton--one at the Tigers' Jadwin Gym that broke a quarter century losing streak there--and a brand new NCAA team free-throw percentage record...
...didn't behave like the nice seasons of the past. For the first time in four years, there was no late-season streak for the first time in four years, there were no Boston Garden heroics...
What separated this triumph from its five predecessors was the way it was earned and the unique cast of swimmers who made the championship possible. Before this season, Harvard had completely dominated the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL), padding its five Eastern triumphs with an awesome 32-match winning streak that spanned four-and-a-half years. That streak came to a shocking halt earlier this season when the aquamen dropped back-to-back dual meets to Navy and Columbia. The roof had finally caved in on the Crimson...
Trailing 1-0 in a game their opponent could afford to tie, the icemen rallied for a two-goal second period. If not for a freak third-period goal, Harvard would have broken a six-game Clarkson winning streak, forced the series to a mini-game, and perhaps returned to the Final Four for the third straight year...