Word: skid
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...WaMu, Chrysler and Bernie Madoff. But the state has its problems, from layoffs by major employers to falling grain prices, bankrupt ethanol plants and state budget woes. And some of those recent scary national headlines - "U.S. Loses 533,000 Jobs in Biggest Drop Since 1974," "Recession Propels Skid in Housing Sales, Prices," "Retail Sales Are Weakest in 35 Years," "In Need of Cash, More Companies Cut 401(k) Match" - are translating into tangible, tell-tale signs on the street where I live. (See Obama's agenda for getting the U.S. back on track...
...Last year, right around this time, we went on a 10-game skid where we didn’t have any W’s but I don’t think anybody’s thinking about that this year,” co-captain Brian McCafferty said after Saturday night’s loss to the University of North Dakota. “Our focus is on getting better every day we step on the ice and hopefully this skid we’re on doesn’t continue...
...Making those losing streaks so painful for the players is how easily avoidable they have been. The 2005-06 team’s skid began with two last-second losses to Cornell and Princeton, while two years ago, the Crimson fell to Princeton in double overtime despite 33 points from Housman as the first of its five straight losses...
...contention at season’s end, the team must avoid the long losing streaks that have plagued the team in Ivy play. Two years ago, Harvard dropped five straight games in February, while last season, it lost seven in a row on top of another seven game skid in non-league play. The pressure falls to the three seniors to keep the team strong should adversity arise this year, but they know what needs to be done...
...Harvard field hockey team traveled to Hanover, N.H. on Saturday to face Dartmouth in its penultimate game of the season. The Crimson had won the last four meetings in Hanover and looked to snap a current four-game losing skid. The contest, which featured a total of only five shots on net, was a defensive struggle, but the Big Green (6-9, 4-2 Ivy) broke through on a penalty stroke late in the second half to defeat the Crimson (6-10, 2-4 Ivy), 1-0, on Dartmouth’s Senior Day. Most of the game was marked...