Word: pulling
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Sitting one loss away from effective elimination in the hunt for the Ivy League title, the Crimson (9-11, 4-3) used an 11-2 run early in the second half to pull away from the Bears. Harvard cruised down the stretch to its first victory over Brown away from Lavietes Pavilion since February...
...Crimson held a slim advantage throughout the early portion of the first frame. After a McKiernan ace gave the Crimson a 9-5 lead, Johnson & Wales closed the gap to two and never let Harvard pull away by more than that margin over the rest of the game...
Harvard opened up a 27-25 lead, but Johnson & Wales closed the gap to pull even at 27. An unforced error by the Wildcats gave the Crimson a game point at 29-27. Junior outside hitter Brandon Blanchet contributed a block, which allowed Johnson & Wales to stave off the first. But senior outside hitter Juan Ramos came through with a kill to give Harvard the first game...
...cone moments before you do, and, despite having attended one of the nation’s finest institutions for at least a year or two, is absolutely mesmerized and befuddled by the operation of the soft serve machine. There are so many handles! Should I push it down or pull it up? Where exactly do I hold my cone/cup, and how do I twirl it in order to create a swirl? Never mind that this person has inevitably had countless meals and seen endless numbers of people use the machine. Reminiscent of Owen Wilson in Zoolander where he exclaims...
...Dartmouth players realize what’s about to happen. The defenders struggle to pull her down, to knock away her stick, to take away the puck. But they don’t. They can’t. Nicole Corriero is too strong, too determined. She’s in front of Lane now. The defenders won’t let her wind up for a shot. They prevent her from making much of move. But it doesn’t matter. Corriero decided some 13 seconds ago when the game became tied and the Dartmouth crowd came back...