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...Quaker defense returns six all-Ivy players from last season, which should allow it to improve on last year’s performance, while lessening the burden on Penn’s new starting quarterback...
During a particularly intense midwinter practice, her squad, worn down by two months of strenuous training, failed across the board to meet the challenge times she had set out for them. But rather than collectively dress down her team, Wriede-Morawski pulled aside a small group and placed the burden of getting the entire team up to par on their shoulders...
...story followed a similar script against Princeton the following week, with Dawson again taking on the lion’s share of the offensive load. Racking up 183 yards on a whopping 40 carries for three touchdowns, Dawson eased the burden on backup quarterback Garrett Schires as the Crimson battled into overtime...
...hands on the basis of a unanimous UN vote offers important reassurance to an American electorate that has grown increasingly anxious to see the U.S. mission in Iraq completed. And by making a number of important concessions to achieve UN support, the administration has improved the prospects for greater burden-sharing by other armed forces - the French look set to block Bush's efforts to bring NATO in, but the administration may be able to persuade some Muslim countries such as Pakistan to send troops. That leaves little ground for presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry to claim as the basis...
...Thank you for your article on pat Tillman [May 3], the Arizona Cardinals football star who courageously gave up his career to join the Army and was killed in Afghanistan. It made me realize how few of the most fortunate in our society are willing to take on the burden of defending it. Marty Campbell Hopatcong...