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...bill would have a dramatic effect - preventing corporations, unions and fat cats from writing million-dollar checks to buy influence with the parties. (Enron and its affiliates, for example, spent over $2 million in soft money for the 2000 elections.) But just as water tends to find ways to flow, "money will still get to the campaigns," predicts a G.O.P. fund raiser. Special-interest groups wouldn't be able to use soft money to broadcast attacks on radio or TV just before an election, but the bill doesn't prevent them from putting that cash into direct-mail, e-mails...
Clarkson’s control of the overtime period was a departure from how the rest of the game went. Early on, it was Harvard who dictated the flow of the game, taking advantage of a fierce forecheck to bottle up the Golden Knights in their own zone...
...Saturday night, the duo demonstrated its power, as Brown drowned the Crimson’s strong start with treys. Even more than their might in the paint, the Tar Heels’ guards shut the offense down, disrupting the flow of Harvard’s game, dominating on the boards and forcing the Crimson’s leading scorers out of the picture for most of the game...
...second round of NCAAs, it has to press strong players such as Brown, so she can’t force her way to open baskets, or Teasley, so she can’t make any pass because of her size. Harvard has to hold onto the ball, control the flow of its own game, contend with these physically intimidating players and beat them consistently...
...that time, the flow of the game was in the Crimson’s favor, especially with the Harvard defense—anchored by senior Mike Packard and junior Andrew Crocco—limiting Fairfield’s scoring opportunities...