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...just dug it out and hammered it in the net,” Sheeleigh said. “It was really good finishing.”The teams continued to trade shots over the course of the half, and Harvard had a few chances at its third goal before finally cashing in. Baskind came close to doubling her tally in the 67th minute when she collected the ball close to midfield and used her advantage in speed to surge past the Bulldog defense; her bid for her second goal shot off the crossbar. But two minutes later, the Crimson...
...referendum, will ultimately be overhauled-or whether an amendment is even in the popular mayor's best interest. History hasn't been kind to the city's third-term mayors, of whom there have been four; the most recent, Ed Koch, saw his popularity plummet during a tumultuous final term. A third Bloomberg administration would be forced to confront massive challenges, not the least of which would be steering the city through the fallout from Wall Street's implosion while coping with budget cuts. Even if Bloomberg secures a third term, there's no guarantee his legacy would emerge unscathed...
...gridlock was resolved. He backed up House minority leader John Boehner when he balked at the first bill and pledged to help convince unhappy House Republicans - a pledge that clearly fell short when the vote failed. It didn't help McCain's standing that he initially insisted that any final deal contain no earmarks, only to reluctantly vote for a package that was stuffed with pork in order to win enough support...
Obama, who mostly stayed away from the negotiations and argued that the injection of presidential politics would only complicate the process, worked the phones in the final days to help push 33 Democrats into changing their votes to ease final passage. While Democrats praised Obama for getting more members to come on board, Republicans - who only last week had credited McCain with at least bringing House Republicans to the bargaining table - had little good to say about their candidate. Obama was praised nine times in the Democratic press conference following the vote; McCain was not once mentioned...
...today will start a process that will hopefully get us where we need to be in the not too distant future," says Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 House Democrat. Members and candidates are now free to get back to the campaign trail for the final month before Election Day, but they are all mindful of the cost, both political and economic, of the crisis...