Word: foul
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...keep Foley's secrets locked away, presumably at the pages' peril. And the Democrats for once are showing the good sense to stay out of the way when the other side is self-destructing. Sighed one of the younger House Republican aides who sits in on key meetings: "Foul play on the Democrats' side? If that is the only card left to play, then we are in serious trouble...
...Bulldogs were not ready to hand over the momentum just yet. On the first play following the ensuing kick off, Yale freshmen Kevin Pope attracted a foul resulting in a free kick 20 yards in front of the Harvard goal. Despite a wall of six Crimson players, senior Alex Munns had no problem finding the back of the net from there. Quickly, Harvard found itself down by a goal once again...
...center Jimmy Tull botched the snap, sending the ball soaring over DiGiacomo’s hands for what looked to be a loss of 25 yards. Unfortunately for the Harvard defense, junior Desmond Bryant jumped on top of the Brown quarterback after the play had ended for a personal foul, giving the Bears 15 yards and an automatic first down.The drive led to the Bears’ first touchdown.A later penalty against cornerback Steven Williams brought up a first and goal on the two and another Brown score.Although those penalties did not change the game dramatically, they might have been...
...Fucito got the ball on a break- away play. The forward sprinted pass the defenders and charged the Catamount goalie. The goalie, realizing his dire situation, decided to take the dirty way out and blatantly took Fucito down inside the box. The referee was right there for the flagrant foul and promptly awarded a red card to sophomore Tom Critz. Fucito was awarded a penalty kick to be taken from the edge of the box. Hoff was chosen to take the kick and was able to put the Crimson on the board by hitting the top left corner...
...leases exempted the companies from having to pay royalties to the federal government. The agreements, however, were supposed to have a clause in them that lifted the exemption if oil prices shot past $36 a barrel. (Oil currently sells for more than $60 a barrel.) But because of a foul-up in drafting the deepwater leases, 1,000 of them issued in 1998 and 1999 didn't contain the language lifting the exemption for higher prices. And, Devaney says, mid-level Interior bureaucrats kept their superiors in the dark about the omission for five years. The Government Accountability Office estimates...