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Many Americans admired the Brits' courage, but the U.S. stayed on the bench for another year and a half. Only after Japan surprised the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, killing 2,433 Americans, did the country put aside its isolationism. More defeats followed at first, but after an improbable victory near the Pacific island of Midway on June 4, 1942, the U.S. began to push Japan back. Two years later, on June 6, 1944, the world's largest amphibious invasion, on the shores of Normandy, did the same to the Germans. But no matter...
...Circuit bench is considered second in prestige only to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeing cases related to the separation of powers, the role of the federal government and federal agencies...
...youthful bench made a large contribution to the offensive effort in the first half as Giovacchini had five points, Rogus tallied six and Cusworth scored four. With 6:09 left in the first half, Winter took a charge from Barnes, who was called for his third foul. But Harvard was unable to capitalize, as Barnes played the rest of the first and most of the second half foul-free, picking up his fourth with just 4:25 remaining in the game. The Crimson was plagued by a poor performance from the free-throw line. Harvard shot just 37 percent from...
Freshman Allison Kaveney also performed well on defense, living up to her nickname—“Moose”. On one play, she knocked down a Northwestern player in front of the Crimson bench, then chased after a second Wildcat who had the ball...
...Good things came out of this,” Kleinfelder said. “We’ve got a young team, and I saw some good things out there. It’s nice to know that we have depth on the bench...