Word: hard-fought
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...Harvard men's soccer team yesterday demonstrated exactly what a tie should be, gaining a hard-fought, 0-0 draw, after two overtimes, with nationally-ranked Hartwick College...
With the Crimson's top five players out, three freshmen found themselves playing the first three singles matches in front of a sparse crowd at the Palmer-Dixon courts. Each match was a hard-fought three-setter, but in the end the results were all the same...
...netwomen captured five of the six singles titles and all three doubles matches in the seven-team tourney, enough to accumulate nearly double the points of the second-place team, Boston University. The Crimson's lone defeat came at second singles in a hard-fought, three-set match...
...four players, Erica Smith and captain Maria Pe, out of action with injuries, the net-women got off to a strong start by winning four of the six singles matches. But Harvard's lack of early season practice showed up in doubles play, as the team needed a hard-fought victory from Erica Schulman and Tracy Kunichika in the number-two slot to secure...
...city already seemed beyond redemption in 1973 when Young, pitted against a white law-and-order Republican in a hard-fought campaign, squeaked into city hall with only 12,000 votes to spare. Still scarred by the 1967 race riots, Detroit had the highest per capita murder rate in the nation and within six months faced a budget deficit of $103 million. To combat crime and regain the confidence of the predominantly black city, Young pushed integration of the police department-in 1973 the force was only 15% black compared with 40% today-and assigned more officers to foot patrols...