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Cornell gambled on its following possession, attempting to convert a fourth-and-7 from the Harvard 21. Rahne scrambled for nine yards and subsequently Splendorio in the end zone on an 11-yard lob to cut the lead to 15. Though the extra point was wide right, Cornell had transformed a blowout into a ballgame...
...Leopards scored their final points of the day on a desperate 35-yard lob towards the end zone for which junior wide receiver Andrew May outjumped Fried...
Against the Huskies, Kelly opened the scoring with a well-timed header off a lob from freshman forward Spencer George. Later, with his team tied and looking to break the deadlock, Kelly found freshman Kevin Ara in the box for his fourth assist of the year...
...Brown back Mike Malan. The Crimson limited Brown's offense to 10 plays on its other three drives of the quarter. On the first stop, Balestracci and junior lineman Ryan Fitzgerald teamed up to stop Malan, and then on third down cornerback Willie Alford knocked away a high lob intended for Campbell. The other two stops of the quarter would be much of the same--shutting down the run, then silencing Webber, who was left with negative passing yardage for the quarter...
Rosellen Brown's novels characteristically lob bombshells into well-ordered domestic lives and then calmly assess the ensuing damage. In Tender Mercies (1978), a husband's reckless bravado during a boating trip leads to an accident that leaves his wife paralyzed. Civil Wars (1984) portrays a liberal married couple in Mississippi who receive custody of the two children of Klan-supporting, racist in-laws, killed in a car crash. In Before and After (1992), well-to-do parents discover that their son has murdered his girlfriend. In each book, the page-turning question becomes, Then what...