Word: pinches
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...Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government. Companies around the globe - Honda and Audi, to name two - have drawn down racing operations, and NASCAR itself has already felt the pinch in the form of reduced team spending. A complete withdrawal from America's premier racing series is expected to save more than $250 million between GM and Chrysler, a substantial amount considering the drastic measures being implemented elsewhere." [April Fools...
...field in the top of the first.She advanced to third on a groundout from junior Jess Pledger, who is also a Crimson photographer, but Bock flied out to end the inning.The Crimson had another good chance in the fourth, when Pledger got things going with a one-out single.Rookie pinch runner Jane Alexander moved to second on a Bock sacrifice and advanced to third on a single off the bat of classmate Whitney Shaw. But that was as far as she would get, as junior Melissa Schellberg, who is also a Crimson sports editor, grounded out to end the inning.Vertovez...
...runs, however, both coming later in the game. The Crimson trailed the Bulldogs, 1-0, in the sixth inning when junior Jessica Pledger, who is also a Crimson photographer, got on base with a one-out single. Bock then smashed a two-run shot to right center, scoring pinch-runner Black and tallying all the runs Harvard required to pull out the win. The combination of rookie pitchers Marika Zumbro and Rachel Brown made the one-run Harvard victory possible. Zumbro struck out three Bryant hitters and allowed only six hits and one run. Brown finished the job, allowing just...
...cannot just hunker down, cross our fingers, hysterically pinch our pennies, wait for the crises to pass, blame the bankers and then go back to business as usual. All that conventional wisdom about 2008 being a "change" year? We had no idea. Recently Rush Limbaugh appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show, panicking not so much about the economy but about how the political winds are blowing as a result. If we finally manage to achieve something like universal health care, Limbaugh warned, it would mean "the end of America as we know it." He's right, but that...
...Although the Crimson entered the seventh inning trailing the Rockets by a score of 2-1, Harvard managed to get six of its batters on base and have five score during that stretch. Junior third-baseman Melissa Schellberg—who came off the bench to pinch-hit for sophomore outfielder Emily Henderson—plated freshman Jane Alexander...