Word: rougher
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...Harvard women’s basketball team sailed to an easy 90-62 victory over Columbia on Friday night before narrowly escaping rougher waters in its win over Cornell on Saturday...
...game grew more intense with each missed opportunity and became rougher as players grew hungrier...
Tallahassee is a fine introduction to the Mountain Goats for those that might have been turned off by their rougher, home-recorded releases, and for fans weaned on these, the record is a compromise easily made. Most of the tracks feature only Darnielle and his guitar and when a song is heavily produced, such as the stunning, piano-laden “No Children,” the song is so good that to complain about the sellout hi-fi rendering would be pointless. Songs as well-written as these shine through no matter how they’re produced...
...season begins and the contests get tougher while the weather gets rougher, Harvard will have to convert more and more of those crucial fourth downs or short yardage plays to keep drives alive and the opposing defense on the field. The new offensive line got an “A” on Saturday, but it’s still going to have to pass weekly tests to prove its worth...
...Sharon is in trouble with his political base, Arafat can expect an even rougher ride. He's being pressed hard to reform his administration from both the moderate Arab regimes and his own constituents. Saudi Arabia and Egypt have in recent days reportedly been applying pressure on Arafat's aides for a strong crackdown on terrorism - the Saudis and Egyptians have also been working to draw Syria, which has traditionally backed Palestinian "rejectionists," into a new peace initiative, and leaders of the radical Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations have reportedly been summoned to Saudi Arabia to be urged...