Word: deadlocking
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...Richter to even the score one last time.“The game-tying goal, to me, is one that we need to have as a save,” Donato said.With neither team able to break through in overtime, the final score stood at six—a deadlock that, given the circumstances, may have felt more like a loss for the Crimson.“If you come away with a tie in any other game where you play really hard, I would say, ‘What can you do?’” Reese...
...Divine help may well be needed to break the deadlock, since besides the thorny political issues at stake - recognition of Israel, control over public finances and whether to release a seemingly forgotten captive Israeli soldier - Gaza's problems, especially after the latest round of fighting, go far beyond politics. The culture of blood feuds at a clan level is well entrenched in Gaza, and dozens of angry families are unlikely to forgive those who killed their sons, brothers and nephews just because politicians declare the conflict resolved. And since the Israeli withdrawal in summer, 2005, Gaza is awash in weapons...
...past the goal line during several seconds of commotion in Harvard’s crease.The play was not without controversy. The Crimson believed that Richter may have covered the puck during the fracas and that the play should have been whistled dead earlier.About ten minutes later, Clarkson broke the deadlock when Matt Beca netted the go-ahead goal with 1:24 left.The Crimson pulled Richter in the closing minute to no avail, as Clarkson’s Shea Guthrie added an empty-netter to make the final score 4-2. SAINT LAWRENCE 4, HARVARD 3Through 57 minutes of Friday night?...
...hoping U.S. patience is at an end. It's difficult to find anyone here outside Maliki's circle of supporters who thinks his government has a role to play in any strategy that might help Iraq at this point. "I see the political situation in Iraq as a deadlock," says Wamydh Nadhmi, a professor of political science at Baghdad University. "I still believe in the future of Iraq - if Mr. Bush brings us radical change...
...Supporters say the amendment would clear the legislative deadlock between the Philippines' House and Senate. But Arroyo's critics see the move as a naked power grab, noting that by invalidating current term limits, it could conceivably enable Arroyo to stay in power as Prime Minister after her term as President ends in 2010. One opposition senator, Panfilo Lacson, called last week's political maneuvering "nothing short of constitutional rape." The amendment also antagonized powerful business leaders and the country's formidable Catholic Bishops Conference, whose president, Angel Lagdameo, called the House's gambit "illegal and immoral...