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...However, Walsh still hopes he won’t have to tap into the pen often this weekend, with Harvard fresh off of a four-day, seven-game stretch in which the team reached deep into its crop of pitchers, veteran and rookie alike, to make it through a gauntlet-like portion of the schedule.“I’m worried about the back end of our bullpen,” Walsh said. “Our starters are going to have to give us some big games.”Harvard will be looking for strong outings...
...first bus tour in the Keystone State, Obama's itinerary is like a gauntlet thrown down before Clinton. Everything about his trip is unconventional, from his choice of towns that he is focusing on - Clinton strongholds like Scranton, Altoona, Wilkes-Barre, mostly working-class and white with lots of Catholics - to his quirky events. The Illinois Senator has scarfed down a hot dog and then gone bowling in Altoona, fed a baby cow in State College, sloshed back a beer and watched college basketball in Burnham, sampled the fares at a chocolate factory in Reading and, oh yeah, led some...
...lights turned on at Jordan Field to work on their shooting. At that moment, I knew we were going to be just fine.”This type of dedication is needed if Harvard hopes to maintain its hot streak. Duboe and the Crimson soon enter a gauntlet of games against the likes of Penn, Duke, Cornell, and Princeton as part of one of the most difficult midseason schedules in team history. “A key part to our success is treating every game the same,” Jason says. “We definitely have to carry...
...stripes rob and rape many of those who venture outside. Other refugees wander Darfur's unforgiving scrub, searching for a village or patch of land with some semblance of stability. Darfur's humanitarian operation, already the largest in the world, struggles to service the displaced. Roads are a gauntlet of banditry, and attacks on relief workers are rising...
...Hansard and Irglova ran the backstage gauntlet of photographers and press after their Oscar win, Hansard revealed how he knew times were changing: "Getting a text from Bono is the biggest thing that can happen to an Irishman," he said. "It was one of those moments, getting praise from the high chieftain of our culture...