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...declaring it was one thing; getting it done was another. It took a delicate, below-the-radar diplomatic mission by Lott to end the stalemate. House and Senate negotiators were getting nowhere on settling the crucial question of whether to put 28,000 new federal workers in charge of screening passengers and baggage, in place of the private contractors who have bungled the job so often. The Democratic-run Senate had voted yes, 100 to 0, but House Republican leaders were adamantly opposed to so large an expansion of the federal work force. Lott, who voted for the Senate bill...
...Harvard stepped up the offensive pressure, Rutgers started to get more chances of its own. The change of tempo meant that Mejias was forced to make four crucial saves in the second half just to keep the Crimson in the game...
...think she could be crucial, and that in federal court she might be the only plaintiff with standing,” Field wrote in an e-mail...
...victories came at a crucial point for the Crimson, when injuries, illness, and a nationally-ranked opponent coming to town could have caused Harvard to lose its focus...
...Brown men’s soccer team came to Cambridge on Saturday to play Harvard in one of the Crimson’s most crucial matches in recent years. In front of a partisan Brown crowd at Ohiri Field, the Bears (7-7-2, 5-1-1 Ivy) rattled off three goals and headed home with an Ivy League co-championship...