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...volunteer military. Let’s put that $800 million toward better protecting, compensating, and relieving our own soldiers and National Guardsmen by increasing pay, equipment, and recruiting efforts.It has been estimated that over 1,000 private contractors have died in Iraq since 2003. According to the Department of Defense??s Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, 3,783 soldiers have died in the same period. And nearly 1,000 more have died defending the freedom of Iraqi in some form or another that is officially recognized by the United States government. The practice of hiring private contractors...
...Crimson and three timeouts by Crusaders head coach Tom Gilmore forced the team to punt, setting up the winning touchdown drive from the Holy Cross 23-yard line with 1:19 left on the clock.“It never should have come down to the defense?? Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “We should have been able to pound it out, get the first down. They had no timeouts left, we can run the clock out.”Despite that, the Harvard defense appeared to be on the verge of making a fifth straight...
Ohio State was the first team to tee off against Harvard, and it gave the Crimson—especially the defense??a wakeup call. Sophomore Joe Pike returned to the goal after posting an impressive freshman season splitting his time with Evan O’Donnell. His role on a young and depleted ‘D’ loaded with question marks was just about the only secure one before the season’s start...
Strong pitching staff, talented offense, solid defense??the pieces all appear there for the Crimson to make a run at its first league title since 2001. Lauren Brown is back to serve as the catalyst on offense, while Shelly Madick and Amanda Watkins lead an improved pitching staff. Freshman Lauren Murphy has supplied the power so far, with five home runs on the year...
...80’s when sophomore guard Drew Housman’s layup with 14:53 left in the second half gave the Crimson a 42-34 lead. Harvard had been strong on both ends of the floor and its Achilles’ heel—three-point shooting defense??appeared to have been fixed, as the Tigers had made only 6-of-17 shots from long range up to that point. What’s more, Jadwin Gym was not as loud as it had been in years past, with only 2,810 fans in an arena...