Word: grind
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...games showed anything, it was how tough the Ivy League’s unique Friday-Saturday schedule can be to road teams on the second night. Of the four games played last Saturday, three of the road teams suffered somewhat surprising losses, while the fourth had to grind out a tough win. First, title favorite Penn suffered its first loss of the conference campaign at Yale, 77-68. Then streaking Cornell had its four-game winning streak snapped at Lavietes Pavillion to a Harvard team that had been blown off its home court by Columbia the night before. The same...
...undergraduate education, according to Gordon, who is also the head of the independent Hong Kong publisher Chameleon Press. Shanghai is not currently considering any large-scale educational reforms, and Lewis characterized the Chinese education system, which has remained largely pre-professional and test-driven, as a “grind.” “They are trying to produce people with a set of skills that don’t vary in any way with the talents and interests of the individual,” Lewis said. However, Lewis emphasized that he sought to provide exposure...
...eight days, including a draining overtime showdown against New Hampshire the night before, the Crimson (12-2-1, 9-1-0 ECAC) hoped to clear up a number of questions. Will health be a nagging problem? Does the team have the mental and physical stamina it will need to grind through the season? Is Harvard ready to jump into the conference season against one of its toughest rivals?The game provided no concrete answers, but hinted toward progress in the right direction. The Crimson took control of the game early and never relinquished it against a physical Providence squad...
...season grind affects everyone, even those fortunate enough to have avoided the trainer’s table to this point...
...would Senate Republicans choose the controversial Lott after an electoral drubbing that saw them lose, among other things, the hard-fought progress they had made with nonwhite voters, especially African Americans? And why pick someone who is known to have an ax to grind with the White House at a time when the party should regroup and unify...