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With Adonal foiling much of Harvard's inside play, the backcourt must pick up the slack. Small forward Mike Gilmore absolutely has to maintain his hot streak from behind the three-point arc, where he has converted six of his last nine attempts...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Basketballers Ready to Take on Weekend Opponents | 12/16/1994 | See Source »

...guards get called for a bunch of fouls--as happened against Army--the team is confident that its bench can pick up the slack...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: M. Cagers Getting into Gear | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

Harvard also played without a key player, junior tailback Kweli Thompson, who stayed home due to bruised ribs, but Hu picked up the slack by carrying the ball a career-high 38 times...

Author: By Peter K. Han, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Football Pulls Big (Green) Upset | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...panel members predicted that exports of everything from cars to computers will help keep U.S. jobs growing next year. That will be important to take up the slack created by the slowdown in housing construction as mortgage rates have climbed. The economists had little doubt, moreover, that foreigners are becoming very big buyers of American goods. "Most U.S. companies," said Jasinowski, "think their biggest growth opportunities are abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Finally Perfect (At Least for Some) | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

...college- credit courses and then going out again to make evening visits to her patients. The couple's social life consists of an evening outing a month -- with the children. Young-Johnson doesn't complain, but she thinks it will not get better soon. "Everyone is picking up the slack," she says. "I don't want my kids to go without, so I just keep on pushing. The costs of everything keep going up. You're just going to keep working forever. I don't think it's going to get better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thanks But No Thanks, Mr. Prez | 10/24/1994 | See Source »

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