Word: pulling
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...Need proof? Talk to Xavier. On Saturday, the Musketeers were about to pull off the biggest upset of this year's tournament, against top-seeded Ohio State in the South region. But with his team up 62-59 and 9.3 seconds left, Xavier's Justin Cage missed a free throw. The Buckeyes rebounded, and as soon as Ohio State's Mike Conley Jr. crossed mid-court, Xavier coach Sean Miller should have ordered a player to gently hack his hand. But no one did, and Conley handed the ball off to Ron Lewis, who sank...
...Irish word, meitheal. It means that the people of the village help one another out most when the work is the hardest. Most Europeans are like that. As individual nations, we may argue over the garden fence, but when a neighbor's house goes up in flames, we pull together and put out the fire. History suggests it sometimes takes an emergency for us to draw closer. Looking inward won't cut it. As a professional navel gazer, I recommend against that form of therapy for anything other than songwriting. We discover who we are in service to one another...
...might remember that Europe, 50 years ago, did not pull itself back from the abyss on its own. Across the Atlantic was a nation with a pretty broad notion of neighbor. Sure, the Marshall Plan wasn't all altruism--the U.S. wanted a bulwark against Soviet expansion as the temperature of relations dropped below freezing. But it was also generosity on a scale never before seen in human history. It defined America in the cold...
...weekend, Radcliffe posted a dominating victory over rivals Wisconsin, Princeton, and the Hoyas at the Knecht Cup. But as the season progressed, the competition strengthened, and by the time the IRA National Championships began, the Black and White had been overtaken. It was not surprising to see the Badgers pull in front of Radcliffe, as the now two-time defending national championships have proven time and again its postseason fortitude. But seeing Georgetown surpass the Black and White and move into silver-medal position on during the IRA’s last year seemed, in many ways...
...Cashing in while gearing up - few politicians have the name recognition to pull it off, but after watching Giuliani, more of them may try it. The strategy germinated even before 9/11, as the lame-duck mayor hatched plans to start a consulting business, Giuliani Partners, with some of the leading figures from his administration. Their cachet would come from the renaissance of New York City during the Giuliani years: crime and welfare rolls down sharply, quality of life and overall snazziness trending...