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01.12.2013 | Not the Last Word
Not the Last Word: Harvard Beats Yale and Other Fallacies
verfasst von:
Joseph Bernstein, PhD
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Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 12/2013
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Excerpt
One of the great academic rivalries in the United States is between the nation’s oldest institution of higher learning, Harvard University, and its New England neighbor to the south, Yale University. Both of these Ivy League schools typically stand near the top of national rankings, and jostling for the number one spot is a favored pastime among many of their alumni. When the 1968 Harvard versus Yale football game ended in a draw, for example, the Harvard student newspaper published the headline, “Harvard beats Yale 29-29.” …