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...first game, Harvard and Holy Cross stayed at a scoreless tie through seven regulation and two extra innings, after which each team starts the inning with a runner at second base to help jumpstart the offenses...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Batswomen Sneak Past Holy Cross | 4/9/1997 | See Source »

...intellect, was only able to offer the nation the insipid slogan "Just Say No." And Barbara Bush did nothing of substance until her panicking husband trotted her out to speak at the 1992 Republican national convention. Even George Bush had to blush at this desperate and embarassing attempt to jumpstart his campaign...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Hillary vs. Dick | 2/7/1996 | See Source »

While the sequence could potentially jumpstart the otherwise lackluster Grisham plot (and comes close to doing so in the novel), Schumacher's roadster fails to start. Launching instead into an expatiated look at the Sway family and their unsolicited entanglement with the local authorities, a New Orleans crime family, and ultimately the federal justice system, Schumacher delivers a slowed-down, scaled-down production which loses its inspiration almost as soon as Clifford takes his own life...

Author: By Hugh G. Eakin, | Title: Schumacher Continues 'Firm' | 7/22/1994 | See Source »

...Crimson will call on senior Nicole Desharnais to jumpstart a recently dormant offense and produce runs...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Softballers to Face Quakers, Bulldogs | 4/23/1994 | See Source »

What he like about old Leverett:"It's always warm and I don't need a space heater anymore. I used to use mine to jumpstart me in the morning--I would lay next to it after I woke up and wait to thaw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Headlines: Sitting on the Couch of Fertility | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

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