Word: though
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Even though the Crimson defense gave up 37 points on the day--seven more than in any single game last season--the defensive players made all the plays necessary to win while the Brown defense faltered. Although it was the offense breaking all the records, the defense earned the same right to celebrate...
Without the fourth quarter, though, the Crimson offensive records would never have come...
...Though Brown went on to score one more time in the game, the Crimson defense held the Bears to short gains, and Brown needed over four minutes to get in the end zone, using valuable time...
Granted, if voter participation drops too low, government ceases to be responsive to the needs of the masses, and we slide into a kind of large-scale oligarchy. But this danger, though real, is not particularly germane to our present circumstances, in which America's elected officials have, if anything, become too responsive to the shifting currents of popular opinion. In an era when our President conducts polls to determine where to take his family on vacation, the country might benefit from a sharp decline in the power of the vox populi...
Most importantly though, Harvard has no reason to be ashamed of its gritty performance this weekend...