Word: momentum
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...Schnitter won the only match of the day 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 4 slot. Despite the loss, Harvard was proud of its performance.“We were right there,” Schnitter said. “That gives us some good momentum going into Ivies and it gives us a lot of confidence.” In doubles, junior Laura Peterzan and Schnitter pulled off an impressive 9-7 win in the No. 1 position. The Crimson, however, collapsed easily in the other two doubles sets. SAN DIEGO STATE 6, HARVARD 1The Aztecs were...
...Pioneer errors, while committing only two of its own, allowing the Crimson to take the game and the match.“The game at Sacred Heart after we dropped the first one was really good,” Rapp said. “It gave us some good momentum against NYU.”Sophomore setter Gil Weintraub led the charge with 38 assists, four blocks, two aces, and nine digs. Crooks and Weissbourd led the offense with 14 kills each, while Kuld tallied 11 kills of his own and recorded six digs.The Crimson’s regular season...
...brought a much larger contingent this year,” co-captain Molly Boyle said. “We had great weather the whole time and we were able to do really well.”Having finished strong in the indoor season, the Crimson looks to carry that momentum to the outdoors. Both squads have a lot to look forward to as the veterans improved and the rookies offered top-notch performances in Texas.“There’s a real pressure to compete well right away,” co-captain Sally Stanton added...
...M.D.C.'s move should be seen as a pre-emptive tactical one. It hopes to make blatant what it alleges will be widespread rigging should Mugabe eventually be declared the winner. Or, by announcing the results of urban areas - where it has most support - it hopes to build momentum, in order make any possible rigging difficult, or at least conspicuously unpopular...
...says it with the zeal of an empire builder. And that's precisely the issue: having built one, Schultz is trying to alter the momentum of a company with $10 billion in yearly sales and 16,000 stores in 44 countries. But creating intimacy and authenticity on that scale may be beyond expectation. "They have come about as close as you possibly can to being big yet still retaining some uniqueness," says John Moore, who was a marketing manager at Starbucks until 2003 and now runs the blog Brand Autopsy. "I can't think of a company that's done...