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...horse racing has seemingly loaned out its nail-biting characteristics to ECAC hockey. With 12 games down and only 10 more league contests to go, a mere seven points separate the top seven teams. With no team breaking away from the pack, parity has become not only the trite watchword of the ECAC, but it has also become a clear reminder to all teams that the 1997-98 league title is still very much up for grabs. That is a concept which is a rarity in a league that has traditionally been dominated by one or two powerhouses...
...story that year was injuries, and at one point during the infamous winless streak, more than a third of the Crimson's players were sidelined with physical ailments. The coaches, players and fans hoped for a much easier ride the following season, but once again adversity became the Crimson watchword...
Speed was the watchword at Lavietes Pavilion last night as the Harvard men's basketball team ran past Army...
...deep are the Golden Knight blueliners that Coach Mark Morris bumped Buddy Wallace up to forward. Then again, with only three seniors returning up front, youth will indeed be the watchword of the Clarkson offense. Chris Clark, who tallied a respectable 34 points last year, will be forced to shoulder the majority of the offensive burden...
...Relevant" may be one of the biggest cliches in education. But it was the watchword in working-class Rio Rancho (pop. 50,000) when, nearly three years ago, faced with a dropout rate of 28%, the town set out to build a model high school. A committee of 300 citizens, ranging from students to business leaders, split into groups to delve into curriculum, architecture, teaching methods, scheduling, technology, dress and behavior codes. They plumbed research from educational institutes and visited 30 innovative campuses from California to Maine. The common theme: students are bored in "shopping-mall high schools," where they...