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...weekend represented a significant breakthrough for Broadbent, who had been firmly entrenched in the upper echelon of college squash since he first took the court for Harvard, but had never before really threatened to reside in the very top of that group...
...straight 100-plus-yard performances to close out the season left little doubt that Dawson, even as a freshman, had already reached the highest echelon of Ivy backs...
...have been carried out by members of local Islamist organizations with links to al-Qaeda. The very term "al-Qaeda" now doesn't necessarily have the same implication as it did on 9/11, when attacks carried out on U.S. soil by foreign terrorists were micromanaged by a senior operational echelon in Afghanistan and other remote locations. While that capacity certainly still exists, the bulk of the attacks being carried out now in al-Qaeda's name are the work of localized network following general "fire-at-will" orders and picking targets of opportunity...
Maybe the critics have a point. The five seniors who were supposed to lead the Crimson to the upper-echelon of the Ivy League last year could only muster a 4-10 league record and a 12-15 mark overall...
...want to win in college hockey, your goaltending better be above average,” Mazzoleni said. “You better operate in the 4-5 range. If you don’t, you’re not going to compete in the upper echelon...