Word: slotting
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However, it wasn't so much the Crimson's split last weekend that moved Harvard into the third slot. Rather, the Crimson owe their ranking to the remarkable parity among the remaining 11 teams vying for playoff spots. As this weekend demonstrated, just about every team in this league is capable of beating every other squad in the conference...
Harvard captured a much-needed victory at the No. 2 slot from junior Peter Karlen, who disposed of the nation's top-ranked player, Akhil...
...evening match started out well for the Crimson as it swept all three doubles matches. Junior Sarah McGinty and sophomore Lara Naqushbandi won easily at the number three spot, and junior Jennie Timoney and senior co-captain Sanaz Ghazal shut out the eagles at the second slot...
...places? The answer will determine whether the confirmation process is a mere brawl or a full-scale conflagration. The clash over Attorney General Ashcroft, with 42 Senate Democrats voting no, was cast by both sides as a warm-up for the war over the next high court opening, a slot with lifetime tenure. The Senate's 50-50 split adds still more flammability. Bush continues to say he most admires ultraconservative Justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, but will his resolve melt when he has to face the fire...
...Both sides are set for a pitched battle, and it could be a replay of my experience," says Robert Bork, a conservative whose 1987 nomination to the court went down in an ugly partisan clash. Bush might get away with naming an unbending conservative to Rehnquist's slot. But one of the toughest tasks of Bush's presidency could be replacing O'Connor--a swing vote on a court that often rules 5 to 4 and the crucial fifth vote upholding Roe v. Wade, since pro-choice groups no longer count on Anthony Kennedy. "Any effort by Bush to appoint...