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...Crimson can hang onto one of the top five playoff seeds, it will host a playoff series at Bright Hockey Center. And Harvard certainly hopes that one of its leading scorers—sophomore forward Tyler Kolarik—can recover from a broken thumb sustained in the first period of the RPI loss in time to aid the Crimson’s final surge to the ECAC tournament...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald and Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: M. Hockey Splits ECAC Weekend | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

Mapfumo’s music shares numerous elements with the best of modern trance music. Both are based around driving, endless beats although in Mapfumo’s case, the rhythms are in the distinctive compound measure of the thumb-piano. Both use subtle variations with no single instrument leading the melody, creating hugely long songs (Mapfumo’s penultimate song lasted at least 20 minutes). Most importantly, both create an irresistible urge to dance...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mapfumo Performs For Black History Month | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

Fortunately, nature has given us a handy rule of thumb. Many of the very chemicals that make foods good for us are the ones that give them color, turning blueberries blue, spinach green and carrots deep orange. For optimum health, scientists say, eat a rainbow of colors. Your plate should look like a box of Crayolas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Foods That Pack A Wallop | 1/21/2002 | See Source »

...possibilities. Maybe an eight-team playoff is too simple. Maybe we could conduct an online fan poll at ESPN.com. Two kids could play a virtual season using NCAA 2002 for PS2. We could tally GameDay appearances. We could tally player felonies (misdemeanors count for .5). The coaches could always thumb-wrestle for the right to play if all else failed...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Promised Lande: Sorting the BCS Mess | 12/11/2001 | See Source »

...went off the thumb of my catcher,” Crothers said. “It went up in the air. I had no idea where it was. I totally lost it. I don’t know how it went in, actually...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

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