Word: ekes
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...votes from McCain," says one Republican strategist. "They don't need to convince people to vote for Mitt Romney, they just need to make sure McCain doesn't get any help from independents and that hard-core conservatives cast some kind of anti-McCain protest vote." If Romney can eke out a close second, he heads to the primary in Michigan - his family's home state, where his father was governor - in a position to finally overtake McCain, probably finishing off that cash-strapped campaign for good. If Romney loses New Hampshire by a large margin, he has the money...
...percent.The game also marked the Crimson’s first contest against former captain and assistant coach Claudia Asano ’99, who is in her first year as head coach at Union. HARVARD 5, RENSSELAER 2 Nine minutes was all that Harvard needed on Friday night to eke out the three goals that would eventually provide the winning margin.The Crimson recorded three scores in the first frame and two in the second in skating to a 5-2 victory over RPI, which currently sits in a ninth-place tie in the 12-team ECAC...
...needed to be,” Stone said. “We made some knucklehead decisions. We need to become a sharper crisper smarter team going forward.” But the Harvard penalty kill held up, as did sophomore goalie Christina Kessler, and the Crimson managed to eke out the narrow victory. Kessler posted a season-high 28 saves and leads the nation with a .961 save percentage and 0.86 goals against average. “She played very well,” Stone said. “She made some big saves.” The Big Green...
...realize that the rest of the world is responsible for an African country's drought and poverty and that in order to prevent another Darfur, we must halt climate change. What an arrogant, ignorant idea. Sub-Saharan Africa has been and will remain a place that will barely eke out life in the best of times and will remain poverty stricken despite the rest of the world's climate policy. I have sympathy for the people of Darfur, but advocating steps to stop global warming is just wishful thinking, and using the people of Darfur to further a purely political...
...Gottlieb all moved up to varsity.Early returns on the team’s new players were not promising agasinst No.19 Kentucky. Litvak, Curto, Forgie, and Gottlieb won a cumulative total of three games in their single matches, while Brook sat out with a sprained ankle. Only Ko managed to eke out a three set victory in the top singles spot.Fast-forward four months. Still at the top singles spot, No. 64 Ko demolished Dartmouth’s Megan Zebroski 6-1, 6-2 and teamed up with Gottlieb for an 8-2 win at third doubles.But the difference came elsewhere...