Word: momentum
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...ball and well-covered just inside the arch. But the defensive pressure failed to stop him from throwing up a high-arching shot that fell through as the shot clock buzzer sounded with 3:40 left. “That was a big-time shot, it drained their momentum,” Lin said. “Oliver is a gutsy player and he loves taking big shots.” That would be the last field goal of the game for the home team, but Harvard would take care of business from the free throw line. The Crimson lead...
...defender’s stick and found its way through the five-hole. “I think Farni’s goal was definitely huge,” Brine said. “[She] sparked the game for us.”Riding a wave of momentum into the final period, Harvard left its early-game struggles far behind.At 2:36, third-line center Liza Ryabkina won a battle on the boards and brought the loose puck around to the front the net. The sophomore stumped Niesluchowski with a backhanded shot for the unassisted tally...
...That was a big-time shot, it drained their momentum,” Lin said. “Oliver is a gutsy player and he loves taking big shots...
...Islamist organization survive the Israeli incursion aimed at smashing its military capability (sporadic rocket fire from Gaza continues even now); it took advantage of the fog of war to mop up what remains of its rival Fatah movement in Gaza. And as the international effort to rebuild Gaza gathers momentum, it confronts the inescapable political fact that nothing can be done in Gaza without the consent and cooperation of Hamas, which remains firmly in control of the territory. Like Kerry, a growing cadre of politicians and statesman - most recently, E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Friday - have visited Hamas...
...comment directly on the talks, saying they were sworn to secrecy by Kennedy and risked expulsion from the meetings by talking on the record - though a few were willing to speak anonymously about some of the progress that has been made. Most were eager to praise the new momentum Obama has breathed into the talks this week, including the breakout session on health in his fiscal-responsibility summit on Monday, the underlining of his commitment to health-care reform in his address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday and in his budget announcement on Thursday, and his announcement...