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...that slotting has something of a leveling effect. When you've got an early-stage economy, you can make real strides by shoring up telephone service and property rights, but once you've got infrastructure and stable institutions, only innovation, such as new technologies, can keep the momentum going. Competitiveness, then, is not about absolutes but about being able to make the most of what you have...
...Senate probe is one thing. But the Charisma ad has introduced a campaign wrinkle to it: Will Huckabee, who is riding a wave of momentum and currently polling second among Republicans in Iowa prior to its caucuses, stick by Copeland and risk putting himself on the wrong side of Grassley as he forges ahead with his investigation...
...eventual 23-7 win cannot be understated.“I think they caught us a little bit out of position,” Quakers linebacker Joe Anastasio said. “That first run really sprung their drive, and they just took advantage.”The momentum from the drive carried over into the second half, as Harvard scored twice in the third quarter before Penn could run two plays from scrimmage.“Just putting in a score pretty easily at the end of the first half was just huge confidence-wise, and then coming back...
...great kick-save by Mann, though, sent the ball wide of the far post and allowed Harvard to go into the break just one goal down. The second half went along the same path as the first, with the Crimson unable to build any real momentum going forward. The Quakers, too, were unable to create many chances. Their best opportunity of the second half came courtesy of a header off a corner that sophomore defender Kelli Okuji was able to clear off the line. The final 10 minutes of the match saw Harvard put the Penn defense under constant pressure...
...shot 65.4 percent in the half, compared to James Madison’s 29.3 percent. “The first half especially, we really worked together great on offense and on defense,” said co-captain point guard Lindsay Hallion. “And then a natural momentum shift in the game happened, and we couldn’t get back into that same flow.” The half ended after a Dukes surge that narrowed the Crimson’s lead to 41-38. In the final seven minutes of the half, James Madison outscored Harvard...