Word: foul
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Kramer put on a clinic behind the plate, making a sliding catch on a foul popup, gunning down two runners at second on stolen base attempts, and expertly blocking the plate on a pair of bang-bang plays at home to keep the score close for Harvard...
...discordant note for visitors is struck by the fact that the monoliths rest within the foul embrace of two busy highways, the A344 and A303, the latter a major route to England's West Country that's often awash with heavy traffic. The constant whoosh of highway noise makes quiet reflection impossible at what many consider sacred ground, and nearly every vista is marred by cars and trucks whizzing - or, too often, crawling - by in the background. "It would be more reverent to the site if there was no traffic," says Don Ghostlaw, from Tolland, Conn., who on a recent...
...Betsy Williams and Brittney Smith each had 11. “We didn’t run out of gas,” Hallion said. “But when it’s a minute left and you’re down by four, you have to foul. It’s bad when you’re in that position, especially that late in the game. You have to rely on them making mistakes and not just you playing well.” The second-half comeback came after Harvard’s porous zone defense gave Dartmouth...
...Olympic flagpole. Inflation, contaminated goods and industrial pollution all underscore the fact that China, too, is bound by the laws and limitations of economic development. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, world-record holder in the marathon, won't run that event in Beijing for fear that the foul air could damage his health...
...manufacturing giant is crying foul after it lost a $35 billion U.S. Air Force contract to a consortium including the European parent company of Airbus. Boeing has filed a formal protest with the government, saying the selection process was "seriously flawed...