Word: icing
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...weather has been truly terrible all across Ohio today, with ice storms in Cleveland, driving rain in Columbus and flooding across the southern part of state. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is working with election officials across the state to assure that polling places stay open and accessible, Strickland said...
...page report to help Congress foster its own fears. It's part of a symbiotic relationship: Congress orders the study, and then lawmakers get to cite it as justification for buying more weapons. Some in national-security circles refer to the phenomenon as a "self-licking ice cream cone...
While the report's existence owes much to that Washington ice cream cone, there is cause for concern. While China remains pre-occupied by Taiwan, its navy and air force are increasingly expanding their reach in ways that suggest it is flexing its military might beyond that island, which mainland China regards as a rebel province. Last year, Beijing tested an anti-satellite weapon and Pentagon officials believe it has been behind hacker attacks on Pentagon computer systems. The report says China's long-range strategic missile force - capable of hitting the U.S. - continues to grow, as does its arsenal...
...opening frame killing penalties rather than mounting offensive charges. This time, however, the penalty-kill unit was more than up to the task.“Once again, guys were blocking shots when they needed to, [playing] in the right position, getting the puck all the way down the ice,” Taylor said. “[The penalty kill] was a big factor tonight.”While Taylor’s shorthanded strike represented the obvious special-teams highlight of the evening, the penalty kill performed admirably on every Big Red power-play opportunity. Each Cornell...
...It’s going to be great; it doesn’t get much better than playing in Lynah,” MacDonald said. “It’s a great recipe for the Harvard and Cornell rivalry—you’ve got home-ice on the line, you’ve got their senior night. It’s going to be a great crowd. It really doesn’t get much better than that.”—Staff writer Kevin C. Reyes can be reached at kreyes@fas.harvard.edu...