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...Reese isn’t ready to rest on his laurels. Despite all of the individual achievements, he still wants the one thing that no skater on the current Crimson roster has experienced—a victory in the NCAA tournament.“That’s the hump that this program needs to get over, to make the next step, to become a national powerhouse,” Reese says. “It’s something that I pride myself in as a captain, winning an NCAA game.”Though it wasn?...
...elections that we went through in '05 would have had a bigger impact on the level of violence than they have, I guess, I'd put it in those terms. I would have thought -- well, I expressed the sentiment some time ago that I thought we were over the hump in terms of violence, I think that was premature. I thought the elections would have created that environment. And it hasn't happened...
...team. “All our upperclassmen have worked since February to change the momentum,” Weiss said. “They’ve experienced winning, and then they’ve experienced losing, so they know what it takes to get over the hump and win.” The rest of the league certainly won’t be a pushover. Defending champion Cornell returns reigning Ivy League Player of the Year and 2005 All-American Elizabeth Bishop, an unstoppable force at outside hitter. Meanwhile, Princeton and Ivy League Player of the Week Lindsey Ensign...
...upperclassmen have worked since February to change the momentum,” Crimson coach Jennifer Weiss said. “They’ve experienced winning, and then they’ve experienced losing, so they know what it takes to get over the hump and win.”Harvard (2-1) defeated Binghamton in a thrilling five-framer on Friday night before splitting its contests with Rutgers and eventual champion Long Island on Saturday.Moving more quickly on defense and passing smoothly, the Crimson displayed team chemistry despite featuring five rookies, three of whom saw significant playing time throughout...
...extreme consequence is a bent frame and the so-called dowager's hump. In Cincinnati, retired Registered Nurse Daisy Randle Smith, 76, has a hump now, and despite wearing a brace, she has had spinal fractures in nine of the past ten years; one fracture was caused by a slight sneeze. "I'm in pain most of the time," she says, "and I've lost 5 1/2 inches since 1977." The loss of height is irreversible, as is the brittleness. Fractures like Smith's are common -- 1.2 million occur in the U.S. each year. Almost half are to spinal vertebrae...