On Jan 17,  9:39, "John T. Whelan" wrote:
>        Then again, I have this nagging feeling that Cornell and
>Harvard got their colors swapped at some point.  Outside of the Ivy
>League, Carnellian is a dark red and Crimson a bright one.  (I'm
>always getting thrown by the "crimson"-clad U of Utah Utes, whose
>uniforms are approximately the color of Cornell's.)
 
Hmm... my best dictionary (which is not the Oxford, but still isn't too bad)
says that crimson is "a deep purplish-red color" and carnelian is "a hard tough
reddish quartz used as a gem." Figures the Ivy Leaguers would have it right :-)
 
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LET'S GO RED!!                                                  DJF  5/27/94
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   clean-up efforts after Providence goalie Dan Dennis got sick on the ice
   during the first round of the Syracuse Invitational
 
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