Word: face-off
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Duke picked up an unstoppable rhythm early in the first quarter—win the face-off, grab the ground ball, run the set, and capitalize on shot opportunities. Harvard gave up eight of nine face-offs in the first quarter alone and won only six of 20 ground balls. The Crimson never possessed the ball long enough to push up field and run its own sets. The Blue Devils controlled the momentum from the first face...
...earlier this month over U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, his rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, talk of a possible 2012 Perry presidential push began. But before Perry can stride into the national arena, he must win re-election this fall in what some say will be his toughest face-off with a Democrat yet - against former Houston mayor Bill White. Indeed, political analyst Charlie Cook has moved the Texas governor's race from "leaning Republican" to "toss-up" status...
With 15 seconds left in the contest, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team lined up for its final face-off against Georgetown—and its last chance at a game-tying goal—looking to cap an impressive comeback effort that saw the Crimson net four goals in the final two minutes of play...
...took only two minutes until Crimson freshman Josephine Pucci got in on the action. With senior Randi Griffin winning a face-off on the Eagles side, Buesser shot a pass to Pucci who slapped it over Boyle’s right shoulder...
...reduce to rubble the rural house Eli has holed up in with a grizzled couple (Brit theatrical giants Michael Gambon and Frances de la Tour) and Solara - none of these armies can bring him down. One dastard gets it in the groin; another, through the neck. In a tense face-off, Carnegie's main henchman, Redridge (Ray Stevenson), has a gun on the unarmed Eli, who goes eye to eye with him and disarms him with a glance...