Word: breakaway
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There was never much doubt that the Chouf, heartland of Lebanon's 250,000 Druze, who are members of a breakaway Islamic sect, would fall under control of the Druze militia, although the mountains are specked with Christian as well as Druze villages (see following story). The Druze militia has 30,000 fighters and, if pressed, could field thousands of irregulars. The Lebanese Forces, a Christian militia dominated by the Phalangists, have an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 fighters in the Chouf. This number could also be considerably increased, though at the moment many Christian families are sending...
After the two squads swapped goals in the early stages of the second half, putting the score at 8-4, both squads turned to defense. And with Harvard controlling North western's quick breakaway attempts and the Wildcat zone not allowing the Crimson attack a clean shot, the scoreboard didn't change again, until DenHartog added the final score with just 1:27 left...
Rookie left wing Luc Dufour produced the winning goal at 12:02 of the third period when he scored on a breakaway...
...Terrapins, the laxwomen fought back to even the score at six apiece as regulation time expired. After a scoreless overtime, and several phenomenal saves from Harvard goalie Cricket Johnson, the Terrapins turned the pressure on in the second OT, and finally ended the contest when they capitalized on a breakaway with just two minutes left in the sudden death period...
...Saint rally ran aground when defenseman Mark Leach had to incur a booking penalty to stop a UNH breakaway. Paul Barton tallied his second score of the night for the Wildcats to put the game out of reach...