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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

Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Ausgabe 12/2013

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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.” …
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Metadaten
Titel
Not the Last Word: Harvard Beats Yale and Other Fallacies
verfasst von
Joseph Bernstein, PhD
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2013
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Ausgabe 12/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Elektronische ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3337-4

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