Word: shorting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Harvard's strong showings against Connecticut and Fordham had been expected, however, the challenge for the Crimson was the other matches and it fell a little short...
Rich and Swart then faced Brown's Argo and Kris Goddard in the doubles finals. Rich and Swart's attempt to complete a Crimson sweep of the finals fell short, however, as they lost in a close match...
...friendly competition. Cashing in on the success of ABC's "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire," we could have a campus-wide search for that special someone who will be our special-teams savior. We could call it "Who Wants To Be a Crimson Placekicker?" and even have a short, annoying man moderate the contests during halftime at home games. With the potential for corporate sponsors, we might be able to also fund spin-offs of our contest to other schools with bad kickers, like Florida State...
...some of the tech savvy are on the verge of becoming also-rans. A new list of tech bellwethers is developing, agrees Jeff Applegate, market strategist at Lehman Brothers. It includes networking and e-commerce facilitators like EMC, JDS Uniphase, BEA Systems, Corning and Siebel Systems. "Tech cycles are short," Applegate says. "You need to be looking for new names all the time...
...discarded watercolors and videotaped productions of the Music Man--and the occasional batch of brownies--all sent by students hoping such extras will increase their prospects. More often they distract readers from the real meat of the application. A Cornell applicant, Budding Author, directed readers to her "countless short stories and novellas." Though the admissions officers were impressed with the other parts of Budding Author's application, they didn't quite know what to make of her creative writing. "Well it's not quite soft porn," said a confused Walbridge. Instead of receiving a fat acceptance packet, Budding Author...