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...This was a young man who scored the only Crimson touchdown in the 1955 Harvard-Yale game, who won the moot-court competition at the prestigious University of Virginia School of Law, who became the youngest majority whip in Senate history. And yet, because success was never enough among those brothers, Ted Kennedy cast the shadow of an underachiever. There was always someone faster, smarter, more powerful, more glamorous, ruthless or suave. Perhaps, as the youngest, he didn't realize that the same had been true of his brothers before the mantle had fallen on them. According to Leamer, Rose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ted Kennedy: Bringing the Myth Down to Earth | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...Kennedy was a noted member of Harvard's football team during his college career, scoring the only Harvard touchdown in the Harvard-Yale Game his senior year. He turned down an offer of interest from the Green Bay Packers, instead opting to attend law school at the University of Virginia...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mass. Senator Ted Kennedy Dies at 77 | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...lunarphiles at least - will be the camera. Even the best reconnaissance photography before the Apollo visits missed things, which is why Apollo 11's landing almost came to grief when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin found themselves piloting their lander over an unexpected boulder field just seconds before touchdown. That's less likely to happen this time, thanks to a camera that can visualize objects as small as a few feet across. What's more, since the LRO will be in a polar orbit instead of an equatorial one - or, vertical rather than horizontal - the moon's 28-day rotation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Shoots for the Moon, This Time to Stay | 6/18/2009 | See Source »

...land—to edge out the Crusaders, 25-24. He finished the day with 370 passing yards in the spectacular comeback.In the next contest against Brown, Pizzotti kept a drive alive as the clock wore down, setting Harvard up for a touchdown to bring the team within two. But a failed two-point conversion resulted in a 24-22 loss to the Bears.As the season progressed, that loss to Brown began to fester, nagging at Harvard’s Ivy title hopes. But Pizzotti kept the team in the hunt, averaging roughly 250 yards per game and rolling past...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Quarterback Leads Repeat Title Charge | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

...championship, and we accomplished that goal.”Turnovers and mistakes plagued the Crimson in its early-season matchups, but a fourth-quarter charge in the season opener against Holy Cross allowed Harvard to come away with the 25-24 win. Pizzotti scored two running touchdowns in the last 6:16 to lead his team out of a 24-12 hole to victory—the first of four Crimson wins to be decided by four points or less.“Every time you open up the season, you want to start on the right foot...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Crimson Defends Ivy League Title | 5/30/2009 | See Source »

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