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The turning point came exactly where the previous season had taken a dramatic upswing: Duke came to Briggs in February 1984 and escaped with a three-point victory, and the Crimson won eight of its next 10; Harvard traveled to Durham, N.C. a year later, lost by 26 more points...
Harvard's record now stands at 11-8-1, and although the Ivy crown is no longer within reach, the Cantabs could finish their season on an upswing.
Still, some investors remain skeptical. Says Tyrone Po, 25, a Manhattan bank employee: "I'm not convinced it's time to buy yet. The market is too fickle. I don't trust it." Po is waiting for an upswing in pharmaceutical stocks so that he can unload at a profit...
Or perhaps more accurately, the upswing in Ithaca began when Cornell hired former All-American and All-Pro Maxie Baughan at the start of last year.
But certainly everyone's taking notice of the dramatic upswing in Harvard athletics, including the dean of the college. "The last few years have been as strong a period for Harvard athletics as we've had in a long time," says John B. Fox Jr. '59.