Word: pose
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Even though the Bears pose a greater challenge than the Bulldogs, the Crimson outmatches both teams handily on paper. Much taller than most of the other teams in the nation, Harvard should be able to outrebound the much smaller Yale and Brown...
...that had allowed Castro to draw millions of people onto the streets for some old-style anti-yanqui protests. U.S. Cuba policy is often determined with a close eye on the electoral strength of Florida's exile community, and the decision to overrule them in an election year may pose a risk for Al Gore. "But the Democrats know they're unlikely to beat George Bush in Florida anyway," says Padgett, "and that may have allowed the administration to consider only what was in the best interests...
...Although the early phases of the campaign - in which Russian losses were minimal due to a heavy-bombardment strategy - earned then-prime minister Putin unprecedented popularity for a neophyte government official, fierce Chechen resistance has slowed Moscow's momentum and raised the specter of heavy Russian casualties. That could pose a problem for Putin's bid to win the presidency in elections that have been brought forward to March by Boris Yeltsin's resignation. "Putin's people know that as much as the Chechnya campaign has sent his popularity rocketing among Russian voters, it could fall just as quickly...