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...both teams take the field under the Friday night lights, they do so with question marks up and down their depth charts. The defending co-Ivy League champions are a far cry from their title teams, but both are looking to make headway in this Ivy schedule opener...
...Karzai could instead be remembered as the leader who drove away international support and plunged his country into chaos. Americans, tiring of bad news from Afghanistan, are asking why the U.S. should pour more troops in if they cannot make any headway against the Taliban and al-Qaeda or send billions more dollars if they vanish into the baggy pockets of Kabul officials...
...pressure so far, at least. The federal debt, at $7.6 trillion, is now above 50% of GDP and rising. The government faces commitments to Social Security and Medicare that dwarf that figure. Republican congressional leaders have decided they care about deficits again - and seem to be making headway in public opinion. The prevailing winds will shift one of these days. Because deficits don't matter, until they...
...early returns look good. On the morning after Barack Obama's dramatic bid to push the most ambitious undertaking of his presidency toward a goal line that is in sight and yet still out of reach, the instant polls suggested he had indeed made some headway. In a national survey by CNN, 2 out of 3 of those watching said they might favor his health-care proposal, which was a 14-point jump from before the President gave the address on Sept. 9 to a packed House chamber. But as Bill Clinton - or his wife, the Secretary of State...
...matching her career high.For its part, the defense maintained a constant presence. The contributions of sophomore Lindsey Kowal and freshman Taryn Kurcz, who got the start along with backline mainstays Nichols and junior Katie Kuzma, who is also a Crimson sports editor, helped prevent the Wildcats from making much headway onto the Crimson’s side of the pitch during the initial 45 minutes.Of the six first-period shots Harvard allowed, none presented serious threats.“The best defense for us, especially in this game, was trying to stay relentless, not letting down offensively...