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Assistant captain Rob Fried called the goals “two unlucky bounces.” And they were unlucky—but deservedly so. When in the first period you play a step slow all over the ice, put only four shots on goal, and produce zero scoring chances, then begin to play hockey late in the second, as Harvard did, you set yourself up for unlucky bounces...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: On Hockey: Crimson Can Sink No Lower | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...language of Shakespeare, from its origins as a minor Germanic dialect to 21st century ubiquity. The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary.Simon Winchester serves up a fascinating account of the colorful cast of characters responsible for the epic compilation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. The U.K.'s surprise best seller of the holiday season, Lynne Truss's wonderfully pedantic salvo is sure to warm the hearts of would-be copy editors everywhere. Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English. Another unapologetic linguistic curmudgeon, James Cochrane, skewers offenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Life of a Language | 1/25/2004 | See Source »

Braving sub-zero wind chills that threatened to turn Primal Scream into Primal Whimper, around 100 stripped and shivering students made their tradition-inspired dash around the Yard last Friday night...

Author: By Nicole B. Urken, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: “Scream” Runners Face Frosty Temperatures | 1/21/2004 | See Source »

Kerrigan says he's glad so many seniors are finding rejuvenation in scholarly work. "There were zero opportunities for my parents' generation," he says. "This is a new phenomenonthis sort of thing just simply didn't exist until recently. It's an outgrowth of lengthened life spans and intellectually engaged seniors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to School | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...hopes are that the sub-zero temperature will keep students from taking part in this tradition,” Catalano said...

Author: By Jackie Montalvo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Set To Scream | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

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