Word: pushed
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...coach dismissed and Bush in court. Of course, we could not omit mention of a report in Sunday’s New York Times that underscored the dangerous line Harvard must walk upon entering the rough and tumble world of major college sports. According to the Times, the recruiting push orchestrated by Harvard’s new basketball coach Tommy Amaker has raised red flags over the potential bending of recruiting rules and admissions standards. And so, President Faust, in your input toward selecting Orleans’s successor, we urge you to opt not for a candidate seeking...
...While Cornell put the first two points on the board, the Crimson used an early 9-2 run to jump out to a 9-4 lead just four minutes into the game. The Big Red fought back to get even at 11, then it used several small spurts to push ahead. In the midst of an 8-0 run, Cornell set off the crowd by scoring four points in just nine seconds. A right-handed hook in the lane by Big Red center Jeff Foote was immediately followed by a Cornell steal on Harvard’s inbounds pass...
...Jeremy Lin inexplicably charges his man on the baseline and draws the offensive foul. I say inexplicably because Lin stretched out his elbow and proceeded to push his defender off the court. First team foul for the Crimson. [Columbia 35, Harvard...
...call appears to be falling on deaf ears. Turkey is awash in fervent nationalism - newspapers are emblazoned with military heroics and jingoistic slogans. The government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is loath to upset a cozy alliance with the far-right Nationalist Action Party, which helped it push through a recent law allowing headscarves in universities. Although thousands of Kurds in the southeast have taken to the streets in recent days to protest the invasion, there has otherwise been virtually no public opposition (with the exception of Ersoy's comment) to the invasion. A political solution to the Kurdish...
Kibaki's negotiating team had repeatedly been accused by the opposition of deliberately delaying the talks in order to hold on to power. But the President today pledged to push the coalition deal into law. Odinga echoed his sentiments, saying, "On our side, we are determined to ensure that this agreement succeeds. We have begun a journey and this journey we will walk together." For the first time since December 27's elections, he referred to Kibaki as "the President...