Word: breakthroughs
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...rest of the school committee didn’t want to upset the apple cart.” The district faced a budget shortfall of about $2 million for the 2009-2010 school year, which prompted reductions in many areas—including $25,000 of funding for Breakthrough Cambridge and Cambridge School Volunteers, two of the educational programs addressed by yesterday’s proposal. The motion, which had been jointly suggested by committee members Patricia M. Nolan ’80 and Marc C. McGovern, failed by a 5-1 vote. Only Nolan voted in favor. Except...
...Working with Breaux was very different. The breakthrough in their onstage relationship didn’t come until a fight scene went painfully wrong. Hickey accidentally head-butted Breaux in the nose...
...It’s obvious what we needed to do,” Bock said of the team’s offensive breakthrough in the second game. “It’s just a matter of playing with heart and getting it done...
...justices' ruling on Prop 8, which is likely to be issued in coming weeks. The Iowa decision cited the California case eight times and borrowed its reasoning again and again. That kind of homage from a sister court - and one that, like California's, has a long history of breakthrough civil rights decisions - may strengthen the resolve of the majority in the Golden State and turn aside the narrow vote of the people...
...contrast, the capture of surviving suspects marks a rare breakthrough. A series of previous terrorist attacks has gone unpunished. It is still not known who carried out the attack on the cricket team, and there are confusing claims about the authors of the Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad last September...