Word: fought
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...needed this one; it was a great win, and itwas a very hard fought win," Caples said. "Wesimply outlasted them in the overtime...
Harvard, despite its mundane record, is not unaccustomed to enjoying the lead in its contests. On Sept. 24, Harvard led Providence 1-0 only to squander the lead andlose 2-1. The next game, two weekends ago againstYale, Harvard fought an early deficit to take alate 4-3 lead before surrendering a goal with onlytwo minutes left and then another in overtime...
...scandal's static, voters might have more trouble than usual drawing distinctions between the two parties. Democrats have consciously fielded a more conservative team of candidates, and Republicans are downplaying the social issues that have cost them votes in the suburban districts, where the most important battles are being fought. In Oregon, Wu and Bordonaro, neither of whom has ever held office, are jostling each other for the middle. Bordonaro, 30, having run in the 1996 G.O.P. primary as a Newt Gingrich acolyte, now soft-pedals her personal antiabortion stand and her opposition to gun control. Wu, 43, who immigrated...
...four months he fought head winds and towering swells, sometimes discovering that after hours of struggle, he had not moved an inch, and always knowing that capsizing in the 45[degree]F water would mean "starting to die within minutes." By landing triumphantly in Buzzards Bay, Wheeler brought the great auk back from extinction, at least in the human imagination. PBS featured his trip on its Nova science show; a recounting of the voyage by professional storyteller Jay O'Callahan continues to delight and move thousands of listeners each year; schoolchildren from Nova Scotia to Fiji retrace Wheeler's journey...
...Harvard women's volleyball team suffered a hard-fought, five-game loss (16-14, 15-9, 3-15, 6-15, 14-16) against the University of New Hampshire Wildcats last night at the Malkin Athletic Center. Despite a strong start by the Crimson (3-9, 0-0 Ivy League), the Wildcats (7-9, 0-0 America East) eventually wore down the Harvard defense and won the last three games. HARVARD...