Word: ground
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...wild card in Saturday's matchup could be Harvard's running game, where the Crimson average 185 yards per game on the ground, ranked second in the Ivy League, substantially higher than Penn's 112.8 yards per game average, seventh in the Ivy. Matt Leiszler and Nick Palazzo, neither one the starter at the beginning of the season, give Harvard a potent one-two rushing attack to complement the passing game. Harvard's balanced attack could provide the slight edge necessary for a victory between these almost identical teams...
...reflective of the feelings of their citizenry - and if they were, it's questionable whether they would be either aligned with Washington or at peace with Israel. So, despite the choices of moderate governments in countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, terrorist groups find plenty of fertile ground in which to operate despite the best efforts of local intelligence services to hound them...
Although the Democrats gained ground in the Senate and the House, they did not regain the much-vaunted majority that they had lost in the 1994 Gingrich revolution. Some attributed this to the fact that the party lacked a national theme...
...this agonizingly close election in the most heartbreaking way: He just couldn't inspire voters. There was little else negative to ascribe to him as a candidate: He's intelligent, dutiful and a loving husband and father. He worked extraordinarily hard throughout this election, running himself nearly into the ground during the homestretch. But the fire in his belly just didn't transmit. There was no spirit in his voice, no excitement in his words. This election was all about turnout. And Gore just couldn't turn his voters...
Currently, the GOP has a 54-46 majority in the Senate, but this majority rests on tenuous ground. Under any scenario, the Democrats need a net gain of five seats to take control of the Senate...