Word: heeling
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While Harvard registered 13 kills in the first game, it also committed 12 errors, the majority coming from net violations and service errors. This would prove to be the Crimson’s achilles’ heel throughout the entire match...
...Bulldogs] did a tremendous job of being physical and strong around the rim, and that was the Achilles heel for us this evening,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said...
...foil for Harvard. “Our primary objective, especially against Columbia, was to win big time in the foil squad,” Brand said. “They sure turned up big time for us.” The sabre continued to be the Achilles’ heel for the women’s team, pushing the épée and foil to make up the difference. Still, Brand acknowledged the effort of all three sabre fencers, noting sophomore Yunsoo Kim’s two victories and close matches throughout the day, despite her inexperience...
...half helped extend the lead to 63-50, a deficit from which Harvard never recovered. “They did a tremendous job of being physical and strong around the rim,” said Harvard coach Tommy Amaker. “That was the Achilles’ heel for us this evening.” OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION Yale entered Friday as the second lowest scoring team in the Ivy League at 61.4 points-per-game. In fact, the previous weekend Yale managed to score only 42 points against Columbia and a paltry 36 points against Cornell. Against Harvard...
...shorter session with a functional magnetic resonance imager (fMRI), which is how such studies are usually conducted. This afforded him a good look at the amygdala, the deepest and most primitive of the brain structures involved. When the amygdala acts up, it's exceedingly hard to bring it to heel, as anyone suffering from anxiety conditions like phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorder could attest. That the men in Wang's study had some success disciplining their amygdalas was an undeniable accomplishment, but it was one that required enormous effort...