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...sizeable margin.“Eight strokes, when there are four or five scores counting, is not that much at all,” Balmert said. “We all knew that we had to play our best, and we couldn’t count on a cushion going into the last day.”Those thoughts proved prophetic, as Yale got out to a great start Sunday and began steadily cutting the Harvard lead hole-by-hole. By the 13th green, the two rivals were tied.But Sheldon, who also had an excellent second round score...
...important thing because we can enjoy that as a team,” Motschwiller said.Less than two minutes after Motschwiller’s goal, junior attacker Jesse Fehr scored off of a rebound and, one minute later, Duboe ripped a shot past Falcone to give Harvard a four-goal cushion. Yale cut the lead to two twice, but the Crimson attack was too great to overcome. Fehr and Duboe each added another goal, captain Nick Smith scored one, and Cohen tallied two more, notching his 31st goal of the season.“[Cohen] is a very good finisher...
...standards by credit-card issuers is actually behind many of the calls that CareOne is getting. People with four or five credit cards who thought their outstanding credit lines could see them through a tight spot are getting notice that their credit lines are being cut. With that cushion gone, they run into trouble. "Not that it's a cushion you should ever rely on to pay for living expenses," Croxson said, "but if it disappears suddenly, that's another ball that's dropped." (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...host squad buckled down late and drew on strong hitting and a service ace by sophomore Shaun Mansour to force a decisive fifth set.The final frame saw Weissbourd and Jones erupt on offense. The rookie hammered home four kills in a row to give Harvard a 9-3 cushion, while Weissbourd notched a kill and two blocks to close out the match, 15-12.Jones hesitated to take much credit for the team’s clutch hitting, citing the importance of a quality setter.“When Gil’s putting the ball right there, I just...
...Midwest. It's true that property markets never went wild in Des Moines, Iowa, or Omaha, Neb., the way they did in Merced, Calif., and Fort Myers, Fla., but this means even modest declines in home values can erase equity, especially for recent buyers who have less of a cushion against falling prices. In Iowa, 18.6% of homeowners have negative equity; in Nebraska the figure is 16.6% (both jumped more than three percentage points from September). (See pictures of struggling Cleveland...