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...short pass and another Hardaway rush set up third-and-one on the five-yard line with the clock slowly ticking away. McBurney stuffed fullback Todd Newell’s push towards the marker, setting up fourth-and-inches with half a minute to go. Once again the call was for Hardaway, but this time the Crimson defense was ready...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defense Whitewashes Big Red | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

With the offense grinding the clock down and scoring just seven second-half points, the pressure on the defense began to mount as Cornell attempted its late game push. But the Harvard defense was equal to the challenge, surrendering just seven rushing yards and 109 yards of total offense in the second half...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defense Whitewashes Big Red | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

Yeah I think so. Murphy was trying to so hard to run out the clock, you were tempted to ask him if he were a Red Sox fan trying to get the game over in time for the 4 p.m. first pitch...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Promised Lande: Playcalling Smothers Crimson Offense | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

...four-minute” offense takes over indefinitely—pending only a comeback by the other team—and the Crimson begins to battle the clock instead of the opponent...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Promised Lande: Playcalling Smothers Crimson Offense | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

...huge North Mine, the work goes on round the clock, 365 days a year, in some of the worst weather on Earth. In summer the ground turns mushy, and the huge trucks bog down. "It's like working in peanut butter," says a Syncruder. In the winter, when temperatures can drop to -40F, the oil sand is so hard it grinds up the shovels' steel teeth as if they were plastic combs. It's not unusual to replace the teeth after a single 12-hour shift. Suncorp, another oil-sands company, has an $8 million annual budget just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asleep at the Switch | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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