Word: fronting
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...good enough just to work hard and grind it out.” The scoring began less than two minutes into the first period on Cohen’s first goal of the day. After gathering the ball behind the goal, the freshman circled the net, squared up in front of Holy Cross goaltender Jimmy Harrison, and slipped a shot past him down low. Harvard added two more goals in the first half, both from junior attacker Travis Burr. With 2:23 remaining in the opening period, Burr ran from behind the goal and finished top-shelf, and with...
...President Faust’s lunch at Eliot. The group has also staged rallies against layoffs, most recently this past Thursday, in front of the Holyoke Center...
...governor's strategy working? While Perry was whipping up the tea-party crowds, Senator Hutchison was in Houston touting her work in Washington and her support for the federal deductability of state sales taxes. "The Senator is on the front lines in working against the Obama Administration and their unnecessary spending," her spokesman said. It was weak tea compared to Perry's red rhetoric. Straddling the Washington-Texas divide has been difficult for Hutchison. While Perry has been outspoken in rejecting federal unemployment funds, saying they would result in increased premiums for Texas employers, Senator Hutchison has been criticized...
...this talk of front lines, "oppressive Washington" and states' rights and cries of "Texas not taxes!" ironically comes as Texans get ready to commemorate on April 21 the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of Texas' fight for independence from Mexico. It is also the day legislative hearings will be held in Austin on Texas' 10th Amendment resolution - so far, about half the members of the house of representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of the measure, which affirms Texas sovereignty under the 10th Amendment and serves notice to the Federal Government "to cease and desist certain mandates...
...American head of state was a symbolic leader of Turkey. But right on the U.S. doorstep in Mexico City, Obama was surrounded by no throngs but only thousands of federal police and soldiers, including snipers overlooking the paths of his bulletproof limousine. Machine gun crews were stationed in front of his hotel...