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...second half saw crisper Crimson passing and sustained pressure in the Crusader zone, and Harvard took seven shots in the first 15 minutes before Hagner connected off Baskind’s corner to tie the score...
...final power play for a 6-4 advantage, appeared poised to tie the score. “We made it harder on ourselves tonight than it needed to be,” Stone said. “We made some knucklehead decisions. We need to become a sharper crisper smarter team going forward.” But the Harvard penalty kill held up, as did sophomore goalie Christina Kessler, and the Crimson managed to eke out the narrow victory. Kessler posted a season-high 28 saves and leads the nation with a .961 save percentage and 0.86 goals against average...
Nicolas Sarkozy had a successful summer in the Elysée, but it will be difficult for him to perform as well in the crisper air of autumn. The reason is simple: until now, he was responsible for nearly everything that happened, while from now on events will be driven by many other people and circumstances...
...sound strategy because as recently as 2003, the slighter Mayweather was fighting as a lightweight at 135 pounds. De La Hoya pressed the action, throwing 587 punches to Mayweather's 481. "I felt I won the fight," De La Hoya said post-bout. "I landed the harder crisper punches. I could see that I was hurting him. I am a champion and you have to do more than that to beat the champion." While Mayweather said he would retire, De La Hoya said he might continue fighting. A rematch, or at least the talk of a rematch, seems inevitable...
Eastwood’s “Letters” easily outdoes its counterpart in the Iwo Jima duology through crisper cinematography and more heartfelt acting. Like many war films, it embraces the vivid atrocities of war, but unlike other members in the genre, “Letters from Iwo Jima” juxtaposes that graphic violence with honesty from both sides of the conflict, Japanese and American alike...