Word: weather
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...underrated 2005 film, “The Weather Man,” Michael Caine provides invaluable advice to his son, Nicholas Cage, who is suffering from an existential crisis. In his characteristic British accent, Caine says: “Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing? Nothing that has meaning is easy. ‘Easy’ doesn’t enter into grown-up life.” At this stage, no wiser words could be applied to the Harvard College Curricular Review.For the last...
...graduate of Harvard Law School, reminds us of her own pedigree. The description is often cutely evocative—“I missed the rutted brick streets of Harvard Square, where my heels stuck between the stones and my boots slid out from under me in slushy weather.” Or sometimes playfully displays a sense of self-reflexive Harvardian irony—“Next to me, I could hear orange blazer man drawling, ‘An ironic reconstruction of an iconic representation?...
...decided before the game we weren’t going to let luck determine who was going to win,” Brown said. “We weren’t going to let the elements decide the outcome.” Instead of allowing the weather to dictate play, Brown forced the issue, and got plenty of help from the Crimson defense to make her tallies stand up. The second half turned into the defensive struggle Harvard had grown used to losing throughout the season, although this time the Crimson was in the unusual position of operating from...
...simply.SLIP ‘N SLIDEMother Nature offered a steady stream of rain throughout the afternoon, and the verdict was that the recently-installed FieldTurf at Dartmouth’s Memorial Field held up under the conditions. “Quite frankly, with the expectations we had of the weather, we thought we got off really easy,” Murphy said. “We didn’t think it was that bad.”And despite five combined lost fumbles by the two teams and six Big Green turnovers overall, Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens agreed...
...solid defensive line, for the fifth time in six games they held the run game under 100, allowing just 85 yards. The line brought the pressure both for the rush attack and Dartmouth quarterback Mike Fritz.Many credited the wet conditions with the lack of offense, as the weather posed a concern. In total, the Big Green had six turnovers, three interceptions and three fumbles. But neither coach credited the conditions as a negative factor. “We didn’t respond well,” Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens said. “Really, the turnovers had nothing...