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With center Sue Hewitt putting on the pressure out front and quick Tamar Atinc waiting underneath to slip out and steal the ball, the Crimson zone forced continual MIT turnovers and shut off any attempt by the Engineers to work the ball inside...
...fourth of what the team gave up all last year. And believe it or not, it was the first time in this band-aid kind of season that Harvard has lost two games in a row. (Of course, we haven't let the 11-3 humiliation to Boston College slip our minds yet, have we?). But most of all, it was just a damn shame...
...depressed economy in which half the country's food and most of its machinery and raw materials were imported, an influx of 750,000 refugees from the former African territories and a 30% inflation rate. Of late even the Premier's personal popularity had begun to slip because of the rising cost of food, inflation that has continued to climb to 33%, unemployment, increased crime and other problems...
...going to be "any problems" on the slopes. My father would become very angry at anyone who had the nerve to warn him that his or her boots were probably three sizes too small. Of course, there are absolutely no places to buy ski boots on Christmas. So the slip-up would invariably mean a quick trip to the local ski outfitting shop the next morning, meaning we'd be off to a late start, meaning...
...things were tougher in the second stanza. The Harvard offense continued to run aground on the tough Bentley man-to-man defense, and the Bentleys showed an increasing ability to slip through the Crimson zone. Bentley's Judy Paratore came up with a few successful layups and some slick ballhandling...