Word: porousness
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Likewise, the porous Harvard defense, currently ranked last in the Ivy League in both total defense and rushing defense, must slow down Levitt and avoid giving up any big plays...
After two games and 74 points given up, Harvard's porous defense has become its most ominous early-season weakness...
Harvard was staked to the 5-1 lead with the help of RBI hits by Dennis Doble, Mike Hochanadel and Craig Wilke. But UMass responded with the last five runs of the game, taking advantage of a porous Crimson defense that committed four errors and allowed two unearned runs...
...embargo is nearly six months old, and the military is still in power -- awash in gasoline and profits, thanks to the porous border with the Dominican Republic. The reality of oil-embargoed Haiti is nowhere more evident than in the capital of Port-au-Prince, which suffers from traffic jams. Though the brightly colored "tap tap" jitneys used by the poor are disappearing as gas prices soar, the military and the monied still manage to race around town in their Range Rovers and Toyotas tanked up on $150 of smuggled fuel. "The embargo exists in name only. They sell gasoline...
...What no one wants to see is a slowing of the movement that's usually been occurring as people move up through the ranks," says Ryan. "You want the whole system to remain quite porous...