Word: went
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When Vicky celebrates with friends, she stays sober. "My sister, my girlfriend, and I went out," she remembered. "We were of age to drink, but we just watched our other friends drink. Some girls got so drunk, they had to sit in the corner. The rest of us had Coke. Or you know what I drink?"--Vicky flashed her trademark grin--"I drink pina colalda, but without the alcohol," she said. "And I watch them sit in the corner and I dance and dance and dance." Now she stays at home with Katerina. "We're going to be home this...
...College sent a letter ordering intercollegiate competition prohibited, limiting football to Harvard intramural competition until it was "possible to eliminate all objectionable features from the game." Fortunately for the future of intercollegiate football, though, the rough spots of competition were smoothed out--or, probably more accurately--accepted. The game went on the next year, with a single impartial referee--recent Yale graduate and American football pioneer Walter Camp...
...game went according to form for about 57 minutes, with slightly favored Yale maintaining a 29-13 lead. Then the poetry began at Soldiers Field. Harvard scores, but fails on the two point conversion, remaining 10 points behind. No wait, pass interference--a second opportunity proves worthy; Yale 29, Harvard 21, 42 seconds remaining. Onside kick. Harvard recovers, quickly drives down the field. Three seconds remaining, eight yard line. On the final play, Gatto catches touchdown pass for the score. Down two, no time remaining. Two point conversion successful, game ends in 29-29 tie. Both Harvard and Yale finish...
...need of revitalization. Murphy, who had succeeded at each of his previous two coaching jobs masterfully, had mediocre results in his first three seasons before putting it all together in 1997, the first season he coached an entire team he had selected in the recruiting process. The 1997 team went 9-1, including an undefeated 7-0 in the Ivies. A strong, senior-led defense coupled with a younger, steady offense guided the Crimson all year long in lopsided wins against Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown and Penn, all teams that had beaten the Crimson the year before...
...than 100 yards, the Crimson held a 23-10 lead late in the fourth quarter. With 3:56 remaining, Kacyvenski picked off a pass from Cornell quarterback Ricky Rahne at the Harvard six-yard-line, seemingly sealing the victory for Harvard. But the play was called back, and Cornell went on to score, cutting the Crimson lead to 23-17. The Big Red then finished its shocking comeback on its next possession when Rahne drove Cornell 58 yards on five plays to give the Big Red a 24-23 lead with 26 seconds remaining...