Word: pulling
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...tough for the Crimson, as LSU ran away with a comfortable 10-2 victory to sweep the two-game series. The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second, hitting a pair of home runs off Harvard freshman Brent Suter. The Crimson was able to pull to within one when sophomore center fielder Dillon O'Neill lined a two-run single up the middle. But that would be as close as Harvard would come, as LSU scored two runs in the fourth inning and five in the seventh...
...hospitalization, will not be paid for. So he has two choices: wait for the patient to get sick enough to justify his treatment plan or join the game - and lie about how sick the patient is. It's just a matter of clicking a different item on a pull-down menu...
...prices prevailing in a smoothly functioning government-subsidized market will be hard to ignore. This has led to speculation in the economics blogosphere that banks might game the program by conniving with investors to overbid for assets. That's not inconceivable, but it would be hard to pull off. Which means banks may be headed for a shakeout...
...thing that should have raised suspicions is that the bank's review of its own investments caused it to pull $250 million from a Madoff feeder fund, Fairfield Greenwich, just months before Madoff was arrested. Chase took this action because it became "concerned about the lack of transparency," and its due diligence "raised doubts" about Madoff's operation...
...races far more competitive, international motor-racing bosses have instituted a slew of changes to Formula One for the 2009 season. The overhaul, agreed to by the teams in December, is designed to cut costs in the fantastically expensive sport by at least 30%. The drivers and cars that pull away in the opening Grand Prix in Australia on March 29 will have to make do with fewer engines to get them through the season, cope with a lower limit on engine revs and learn how to handle cars that have undergone fewer hours of wind-tunnel testing than last...