Word: onslaught
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With an offensive onslaught in the last 15 minutes, the Crimson (7-5-1, 6-1-0 ECAC) narrowly averted the costly road upset at the hands of UConn (5-7-3, 2-2-0 Hockey East) and resumed its winning ways...
...game 1-1 on tri-captain Nicole Corriero’s team-leading 19th goal of the season late in the first period, Harvard came out of the locker room sluggish to begin the second. For the next 20 minutes, its defense seemed a step behind the opposing onslaught...
...Nonetheless, getting patients to submit to the onslaught is hard. More than most cancer patients, adolescents dwell in the "Why me?" phase and resist treatment that robs them of looks and vitality. Supple's mother Jenny says he threatened "all the time" to stop taking his medicine and could go for days without speaking. During his numerous hospital stays, his Mum or Dad was always with him, but nurses and psychologists also helped - a coordinated support staff typical of pediatric hospitals. Andrew Young, chief executive officer of CanTeen, a support organization for young people with cancer, echoes the calls...
...thought the dotcom era was over, take a look at what a couple of Wall Street's savviest dealmakers are up to. For Cendant, the online onslaught was beginning to feel like water torture as cyberbookers chipped away at its core business: playing middleman between customers and the company's many franchisees. So last month CEO Henry Silverman, a veteran wheeler-dealer, moved to protect his turf by agreeing to buy Orbitz for $1.25 billion. The acquisition catapults Silverman to the top tier of online travel. His biggest rival there is another celebrity CEO, Barry Diller--the onetime Hollywood mogul...
...first address to the British Parliament, amidst the heat of the Nazi onslaught, Winston Churchill proclaimed, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” In the first big opportunity of his collegiate career, sophomore linebacker Ryan Tully offered everything he had, but added one new item to Churchill’s list—vomit...