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Dartmouth nearly pulled off the shocker of the weekend, driving 77 yards for a touchdown as time expired to pull within 17-15 of No. 10 Colgate. The Big Green’s subsequent two-point conversion failed—an attempt that wouldn’t have been necessary had Dartmouth not botched a PAT earlier in the fourth quarter. The Big Green defense, however, won its battle, limiting last year’s Payton Award winner, running back Jamaal Branch, to just 115 yards (which, for Branch, is an off-day) and the Raider offense as a whole...
...ultimately, what happened at this game truly did not deserve to emerge as so much of a surprise, an upset, a shocker, whatever you want to call...
...Steel Works. Abdullah also indefinitely postponed what would have been the country's biggest infrastructure project, a $3.8 billion replacement for the dilapidated railway system awarded by Mahathir in his final days in office to a consortium led by businessman Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary. "It's really been a shocker how far and how fast Abdullah has gone," comments a senior Western diplomat in Kuala Lumpur. "I think he's really changing the way people look at the country...
Brown has been slated into the No. 2 spot in the Ivies, what would be a shocker to anyone who witnessed the Bears’ mismatched games with Harvard in the spring. However, Brown has the potential to stifle teams with outstanding defense, led by Nyema Mitchell, and the athletic ability to boot...
...some, students’ newfound influence at the polls is not a shocker either...