Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although having one more player on the pitch than UConn, Harvard all but fell apart. The Huskies, however, elevated their level of play considerably. Miller returned in the second half, and Harvard mounted a series of attacks late in the match, but never again did the Crimson play the style of soccer that characterized its eight-game unbeaten streak...
...Crimson shied away from this system and achieved a less-than-desirable result against a mediocre B.U. squad. The same phenomenon occurred yesterday. The difference in final score is only a reflection of the difference in talent level between the Terriers and the Huskies...
...Meghan thinks about quitting her new job every day. But then again, it has to cross everyone's mind now and again. Sitting in a cubicle doing entry-level work can feel demeaning whether you're down on Wall Street or working in Detroit...
...Shigella not only because of its high mortality rate in developing countries, but also because of its recent outbreaks, surprisingly, in the U.S.," she wrote in an e-mail. "Developing more effective treatments against this devastating food-borne pathogen is fascinating to me not only at the microscopic level but also at the macroscopic level, where it becomes clear that cultural and social factors are just as important as the biological factors in causing the disease...
...flurry of recriminations. The President has already invested 57 hours in the talks, but both Israelis and Palestinians don't share his sense of the significance of the summit. "The talks aren't even the lead item on the TV news here," says Beyer. "This whole drawn-out high-level summit is inappropriate for the issues at stake here -- they're negotiating over the details of a single clause of the Oslo Agreement, but Washington is treating it with the same sense of drama as if it were a peace treaty between nations at war." But the glacial progress...