Word: suddenness
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...sudden, the Princeton defense tightened up, the Crimson had trouble finishing, and it wouldn’t be until the eight-minute mark that Harvard would score again, on a jumper by Housman. Luckily for the visiting team, its defense had covered up that offensive drought as best it could, and the Tigers managed just eight points over that timespan...
...threading a nifty pass to sophomore Jenny Brine. Brine ripped a shot into the top-left corner of the net. The goal was Brine’s team-leading 22nd goal of the season.Both teams played tough defense until the end of regulation, sending the game into sudden death tied at 3-3.The first overtime saw both teams unable to capitalize on scoring opportunities. On the Eagles’ end, Stack was able to evade Harvard junior Caitlin Cahow and seemed on the path to a sure goal before Cahow planted her with a hard check. Cahow was sent...
...sudden spurt of helicopters going down comes just as the U.S. military is embarking on the Bush Administration's much-debated surge of soldiers into Baghdad, and it brings up the question: why are so many aircraft suddenly crashing, and what, if anything, does it say about the capabilities of the insurgents who are claiming to shoot them down...
...quite capture. Academia is inherently ill-equipped to deal with the realities of conflict, since it is based on the premise that disputes can be resolved through rational exchange of ideas. Yet violence, whether it happens to squirrels or Harvard undergraduates, is a strange animal. It is sudden, profound, and oblivious to logic and theory...
Xavier King was more or less resigned to making light bulbs or paper bags when he graduates from high school next year. Not now. "I'm going to college!" exclaims an exuberant King. A sudden windfall will make him the first in his family to attend college. "The world is looking a little brighter," King beams. "I can see myself being somebody...