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That goal proved to be the back-breaker for Harvard. The Crimson was playing with just two subs, and it struggled to get back on defense and run the field. And with Keating hounded for much of the second half, the offense lacked its spark...
...specify one particular religion, but because of the way the rituals have evolved, it's assumed a Mason is going to have a non-specific belief in a God or deity. It also asks if you've ever been convicted of a serious crime. That is a deal breaker. The main other thing is they want confirmation that you're self-supporting, that you're not joining the Masons to mooch off the lodge...
...government has also announced a range of policy initiatives - a $22 billion solar-energy program, $2.5 billion forestation fund and a national energy-efficiency mission, among others - that won kudos from visiting British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband. "I think India wants to be a dealmaker - not a deal breaker - in Copenhagen," Miliband said during a visit to New Delhi on Sept. 2. Both the nonprofit sector and industry have also been organizing seminars and workshops with aims ranging from enhancing the Indian carbon market to supporting India's negotiating stance in three months. (See pictures of the elephants...
Another goal of the speech, officials say, was to install a circuit breaker - not only to the mythology and false claims about the legislation but also to the wars that have been waged between the left and the right over actual provisions. Chief among them: the "public option," a government-run alternative like Medicare to cover the uninsured. "What's happened is that has become sort of a Rorschach test for the left and the right," the White House official said. "There are those on the left who believe this would be the nose under the tent for single-payer...
...freeze on Jewish settlements in occupied territory as a precondition for any talks with Israel, which it will stress must be based on U.N. resolutions - which will include recognition of the "right of return" for Palestinian refugees expelled from Israel in 1948, a demand that Israel deems a deal breaker...