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...Paying for the plan to save the economy may work, if the economy reacts just as the Administration thinks it will. But, the chance of that is like making a basket at the buzzer from mid-court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Address: A Road Map Without GPS | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

...biggest upset of this year's tournament, against top-seeded Ohio State in the South region. But with his team up 62-59 and 9.3 seconds left, Xavier's Justin Cage missed a free throw. The Buckeyes rebounded, and as soon as Ohio State's Mike Conley Jr. crossed mid-court, Xavier coach Sean Miller should have ordered a player to gently hack his hand. But no one did, and Conley handed the ball off to Ron Lewis, who sank a top-of-the-key three to send the game into overtime - and his team onto an eventual victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crying Foul During March Madness | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...shot that hovered on top of the rim for a split second before falling through the hoop, giving Cornell (9-11, 4-2 Ivy) a 79-77 lead with 2.4 seconds to play.After inbounding the ball from under the Cornell basket, the best Harvard could manage was a futile mid-court heave from junior guard Ko Yada. As the shot fell harmlessly short and the final buzzer sounded, a group of jubilant Cornell fans rushed the court to congratulate Collins and his teammates. The stunning turnaround prevented the Crimson (12-7, 4-2) from accomplishing its first road sweep since...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tripped UpState | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...that point, Yale’s Casey Hughes drove toward the paint and lofted a shot that was swatted almost to mid-court by Beal, sending the crowd into a frenzy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Shocks Yale to Snap Streak | 2/17/2004 | See Source »

...fortune in order to turn the tide. After co-captain Hana Peljto sank a short jumper midway through the period, it looked like the Huskies (3-2) would have to tear the lead away from a determined and rejuvenated Crimson (3-3) squad. But with the ball at mid-court and 8.4 seconds left in the game, down by one, it was Harvard that desperately needed to regain control of a game it had all but wrapped...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Northeastern Blows Past W. Basketball | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

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