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...Beanpot was definitely the turn around,” Fraser said. “[It] was a huge motivation booster and instilled confidence in a lot of our younger players...
...They’re the second best team in the league and they were the best team last year, so to be able to beat them before we go into the playoffs is a real good boost for us. It’ll be a confidence booster for us coming up to next week, and, if we see them again in the playoffs, it’s confidence for us to try to beat them again.” PLENTY OF PENALTIES The first period saw a lot of careless action, with players flying in and out of the penalty...
...What do you do and say at that awful moment? Keep your mouth shut. Keep your hand away from the pen. Sign nothing. Keep your thoughts to yourself. Ask questions. At the risk of sounding adversarial - and I don't like to do that because I'm a huge booster of the HR profession - these people have a script. HR and the layoff managers are war-gamed against a script because they need to protect themselves legally. If you only ask questions, in a really calm way, you can get them to move off-script. And when they move...
...more,” Rogers said. “We came out against Clarkson and did that. We identified where their penalty kill broke down and went at them.”Although Clarkson ranks below the Crimson in the league standings, the tie seems to be a confidence booster. Harvard has struggled mightily on the road this year, compiling a record of 0-11-5. The Crimson values all points it can muster away from home. “I just think we have to realize that you have to play a simpler game on the road in order...
Like popular commuter routes, orbital corridors have been growing increasingly crowded since the 1950s. Every time we put even a small satellite into orbit, after all, much more than just the satellite comes along for the ride. There are spent booster stages, discarded adapter rings, bolts and panels and bits of insulation and even chips of paint being shed in the process. (See pictures of Earth from space...