Word: herded
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...hands of No. 60 Marshall (12-3), the Crimson (0-9) dropped its ninth consecutive match to start the season. Harvard pulled out two singles victories Friday at the Murr Center but relinquished the doubles point and could not stay competitive in all the individual matches. The Thundering Herd is the seventh ranked opponent the Crimson has played this year. Over the last few weeks, Harvard has not been at full strength. Injuries and sickness have plagued the team. “Our biggest problem is being healthy,” Green said. “Everybody?...
...know those exact numbers. The slow pace of the counting (and some other reasons too complex to mention here) led the state party to halt its progressive count and simply hold off announcing the precinct results until March 29. But both campaigns now realize that they must ride herd on their delegates each step of the way to be sure their anointed delegates remain loyal to the candidate. As with most caucuses, they are allowed to switch their candidates even after the actual caucuses are finished, at least until the county convention; in Colorado, there have already been reports...
Several thousand miles and a world away, Barack Obama is campaigning to change American politics. But in the tiny farmstead where his father used to herd goats, his Kenyan relatives are praying for anything but more political upheaval. "We are spending sleepless nights praying that peace will prevail," says the 86-year-old woman whom the presidential contender calls Granny Sarah...
...exactly need a hearing aid to know whom he likes. Of the infamous characterization of evangelical voters as "poor, uneducated and easily led," he says, "Evangelicals are actually slightly wealthier than the general public, better educated. And they are about as easy to lead as a herd of tomcats...
...principle, say the researchers, the idea could be extended to other, more complex group-living animals. Although robots would obviously have to be more sophisticated to penetrate and alter the behavior of a herd of sheep or a flock of geese, for example, it's at least conceivable that this could someday be done. In fact, Halloy and his colleagues are already working on a robot chicken to try and manipulate the behavior of chicks...