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...ensuing point, but Holy Cross utilized a 3-0 run to take the set.“We didn’t necessary play in our system towards the end of the game,” Comrie said. “I think that was to our detriment.”The third frame emulated the predecessor in every way–save for a role reversal.The Crusaders held a significant lead throughout most of the frame and looked poised to take the set easily.The Crimson offense that had congealed well during the previous set continued its downward trend...
...Health care is a vital issue, but climate change is just as important. It does not behoove us to focus on one to the detriment of the other. Opponents of the bill have focused on the costs that Waxman-Markey will impose on them and not on its potential to move the United States into a truly advanced energy economy that would generate trillions of dollars in benefits. If we want a world that it is worth having health care in, then we must not let opponents of the bill take control of this issue. Evidence suggests that the benefits...
...fortitude, perhaps where public opinion was opposed or indifferent to an issue, Clinton did not defend his answers. Too often, on questions such as whether gays should serve openly in the military or whether the U.S. should intervene in Rwanda, he surrendered to the prevailing political winds, to the detriment of our nation...
...trustee, is to recover property, assess claims and liquidate any other assets of a bankrupt firm for the benefit of the estate and its creditors. Consequently, Picard is using his authority to collect from customers who received preferences, non-existent principal, and/or payouts of fictitious profits to the detriment of other defrauded customers whose money was consumed by Madoff's global Ponzi scheme...
...line between “supporters” and “opponents” of ROTC over the issue of official recognition, the HRC poll conflates the large number of ROTC supporters concerned about discrimination on campus with a small minority of staunch military opponents, much to the detriment of an open and productive dialogue...