Word: grind
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...Terriers rallied a strong offensive effort, reversing the possessions of the first half and keeping the ball almost solely on the Harvard side. “In a 1-0 game, it’s going to be hard, and you’re going to have to grind out victories,” Akpan said. “You get tired towards the second half, and you grind it out, and that’s what we did.” In the end, Harvard was able to counter the Terriers’ 16-shot second half, and came...
...brings out the best in both squads and I’m looking forward to great competition. These teams are stones on which we can sharpen our edge.”The head coach also noted that Harvard may have more than one axe to grind this weekend, adding, “The last time we played GW they defeated us for third in the Eastern Championships, and we’d like to return the favor.”With emotions running high, the Crimson will rely on its veterans to maintain composure in the pool. Atkinson and junior...
...this does not mean raising a piglet for the bacon or growing your own wheat to grind into flour," Ruhlman wrote on his blog. "Yes, extra credit for either, but I want this to be a challenge that everyone can accept, whether you live in a Manhattan walk-up or rural North Carolina, Alaska or suburban splendor. From scratch means: You grow your tomato, you grow your lettuce, you cure your own bacon or pancetta, you bake your own bread (wild yeast is preferred and gets higher marks but is not required), you make your own mayo." (See pictures: "What...
Hookup: 1. A blanket term for a variety of sex acts, often devoid of emotional attachment, usually following a boozed-up grind in a sweat pit of a party. Have fun with these...
...Yale, Sotomayor never took her foot off the pedal. "She was something of a grind," says Stephen Carter, a classmate and friend who now teaches at Yale. "She was always in the library, always had a casebook under her arm." But unlike some of the hardest-charging young law students, says Carter, "she always had a manner that was open. She didn't put down other people." Even then, her approach to the law was meticulous and small bore, as in a piece she published in the law journal on a technical issue affecting potential Puerto Rican statehood. "She wasn...