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Palin's pressure tactics prevailed. The Republican legislature passed a measure giving TransCanada up to $500 million in seed money. Alaskans had been talking about a gas pipeline for three decades, and in less than two years in office, Palin had made almost unbelievable headway. "I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history," she told the convention audience in September. "And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly $40 billion natural-gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence...
...were given spots in the top flight. In her first match, Gridley was blown away 6-0, 6-1 by Yale’s Janet Kim, the eventual tournament champion. Unable to find her rhythm, Gridley dropped two more matches in the consolation bracket. Cao earned the No. 3 seed this week after winning her flight in the William and Mary Invitational last weekend. In her first match at the Cissie Leary Tournament, she easily defeated the Bulldogs’ Lauren Ritz 6-3, 6-2. However, just before the first-set tiebreaker in the quarterfinals, Cao was forced...
...upon a marble pedestal, his skin gleaming bronze beneath the white folds of linen, his laurel-crowned brow lifted heavenward. Between brow and heaven was extended a manly hand, rough and calloused from hard labor, yet surprisingly sensitive. A cut pomegranate balanced heavily upon his long tapered fingers. Each seed gleamed redly from within the open wound of the fruit. It was the hand of The Stable Boy.A leopard lay at the Stable Boy’s feet in a bushel of spilt chestnuts. A collar, studded with amethysts and other gems of some mysterious allegorical import, encircled the creature?...
...loss and a bitter end to the day.JOHNS HOPKINS 12, HARVARD 2Already faced with a difficult tournament, Harvard found little luck in its opening match. The Crimson endured a beating from the eventual champions, as the Blue Jays (5-6) swarmed both ends of the pool. The No. 6 seed proved relentless in transition, scoring the first four goals, including a shorthanded breakaway. Tune was responsible for both of Harvard’s scores and Connolly managed eight saves, but the co-captains could not stop Hopkins’ furious tempo. The Blue Jays built a 9-1 first half...
...there’s going to be a lot of practice on defense tomorrow.” Friday’s practice will indeed prove important, as Harvard prepares to host the ECAC Championships over the weekend. Over Saturday and Sunday the Crimson will enjoy the No. three seed as it makes its season debut in the welcoming confines of Blodgett Pool. However, if the defense cannot find new life at home and begin limiting scoring chances, Harvard may find itself in many more close contests this season. —Staff writer Max Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...