Word: seed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with a strong 3-2 win over Dartmouth and a 6-0 thrashing of Brown. The late-season rally put Harvard in a tie for second place in the Ivy League, good enough to earn the team its second ECAC tournament bid in three years. As the No. 3 seed in the four-team tournament, Harvard faced arch-rival Yale in the first round and, despite fighting all the way, dropped a nail-biter, 2-1, to end the season...
...double dip not only clinched a playoff spot, but also a fortunate No. 8 seed and first-round match-up against RPI, which represented the best chance for Harvard to advance...
...technology in question was developed by a cotton company, Delta and Pine Land, for which Monsanto is spending $1 billion. Some activists were concerned about a future where farmers are locked into the local seed store for their livelihood, while others feared that the suicide genes could cross-pollinate with other plants, creating widespread sterility. "Monsanto bowed to public pressure," says TIME science writer Jeffrey Kluger. "This technology is still several years down the road, so there wasn't any immediate payoff, and it was costing them quite a bit in terms...
...also seeing his first college action, won two matches in the "C" flight before bowing out in the third round. Junior Mike Rich, who had lost to Choo in three sets in the "B" singles, paired up with sophomore Cillie Swart and lost 8-4 to the No. 2 seed, Clay and Burns. Junior Steve Moore reached the "C" field quarterfinals before losing to Sonny Avichal of Army...
...local cineplex. It's ironic, of course, since the true flood of copycat movies will begin in the next six to seven months as Hollywood execs try to capitalize on the trend (i.e. rapid filming, diehard editing, rush to theaters). Last time that happened, Scream planted the deadly seed in the mind of studio heads. As a result, we had lame-O drivel like Urban Legend, Idle Hands, I Know What You Did Last Summer, etc. etc. polluting our theaters for months. Don't go see scary movies next spring. I promise you, they will be very...