Word: sparking
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...gotten the second goal it would be been in our favor, but they got one chance and used it,” Harvard coach John Kerr said. Still, the Crimson had turned around from a very quiet first half with energy and a spark that Kerr must have ignited during his half-time speech to the players. “The difference between the first half and the second half was that [we] had more confidence,” Kerr said. “We were resilient and we haven’t been recently when we had been under...
...talent, ball control, and tenacity is evident in her play this past week, tallying two goals in a 3-0 victory over Holy Cross on Tuesday and an assist in Harvard’s gut-wrenching 2-1 overtime defeat to Princeton on Saturday. What is an obvious spark now her teammates could see from the first day of training. “I was really impressed with her right from the start,” said Crimson co-captain Laura Odorczyk, “She passed both of the fitness tests [in preseason]—it was more...
...center in the Detroit suburbs that probably won't yield vehicles until 2010. So the carmakers are looking for incremental improvements in software, electronics, battery storage and even the internal combustion engine itself to make hybrids even more efficient. That latter includes high-compression combustion engines that run without spark plugs. Mike Gauthier, director of corporate technology for Siemens VDO, an auto electronics company in Auburn Hills, Michigan, says future hybrids also will use more sophisticated combustion engines as well as more complex electrical components. "The beauty of hybrids is they benefit from any improvement in the internal combustion engine...
...silly," says art critic Matthew Collings, author of This Is Modern Art. Others call it an uplifting tribute to womankind. But more interesting than the reactions it provokes are the ones it doesn't. If the sculpture has met with less than universal acclaim, it has also failed to spark much outrage or spray-paint protest. In that sense, Alison Lapper Pregnant may reveal a city and a society more comfortable with itself than it has been for a long time...
Edwards has embarked on a countrywide, two-week, 10-college tour making speeches to students as part of his “Opportunity Rocks” project, which aims to raise awareness about poverty and spark a student movement to help...