Word: solider
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...paper, the talent to contend with the likes of Brown and Dartmouth in the Ivies is there. Losses to graduation were minimal; a solid recruiting class gives Harvard depth at all positions. "Every game, it's really just a matter of tossing dice to choose the starting lineup," Locker says...
...coach Sue Caples to make a firm prediction for her team this season is no easy task. Ask her about non-league foes and she'll talk about how good they've been in the past. Ask her about league foes and she'll say that they are all solid. Ask her what even the team's brochure concedes--that the squad is undergoing a rebuilding year, and you'll get a quizzical look and a rhetorical question: "I don't know," she says...
...team has its share of who players returning, including the most valuable star of last year's squad in Milhollin (142 saves, .910 save percentage). It returns captains Megan Colligan and Sarah Winters, solid leaders at the sweeper and forward positions, respectively. It returns solid midfielders junior Carrie Shumway and sophomore Daphne Clark. And it returns forwards sophomore Courtenay Benedict and junior Maureen O'Brien, the latter of whom scored five goals as a freshmen, only to be hampered by injuries last year...
...What we'll really miss in those who graduated are their presences--their leadership abilities along with their playing abilities," Caples says. "This year we certainly have the solid players, and it looks like they are becoming strong leaders...
That Friday deadline for resolving the baseball strike, imposed by acting commissioner Bud Selig, is looming without any solid hope for saving the season. One possible sign of optimism: an owners' proposal that would allow high-priced bidding to continue without salary caps, but would punish the biggest-spending clubs by levying a "tax" on salaries above a preset level, according to NBC-TV. Both the players and owners hope Selig extends that do-or-die date...