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...third stanza would prove to be the most prolific scoring effort for Harvard, as the frustrated Eagles gave the Crimson a number of power play opportunities by turning to physical defense. Just 32 seconds into the frame, Chute found Brine open on a power play, who used a nifty spin move to stuff the puck into the left side of the net and give her team a 4-0 lead. Chute then scored a goal of her own when she picked off BC defenders from the right side of the rink and flipped a shot passed the shoulder...
With Clinton besting Obama by only two points in New Hampshire, the contest - and the spin - will only get more hysterical as it moves to Nevada (Jan. 19) and South Carolina (Jan. 26). It remains to be seen which was the exception: Iowa's surge of young and new voters for Obama, or a return to the expected Democratic base turning out for Clinton in New Hampshire...
...contenders, but just as important, new voters. Throughout the state, massive attendance by scores of new voters, especially evangelical Christians, disrupted the Romney campaign's carefully calibrated strategy to conduct the political version of a leveraged buyout. And no matter how much of a positive spin the relentlessly chipper Romney campaign tries to put on it - Madden even said that, despite losing, they had "met our vote goal" - there is no denying that Romney finds himself on the ropes heading into next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. With an already surging John McCain coming off a respectable showing in Iowa...
...Huckabee continues his efforts to win them over. In a new TV spot, the pastor candidate claims to put politics aside in the spirit of the holiday, announcing "What really matters is the celebration of the birth of Christ." His campaign insists X-mas isn't an event to spin, but with a tree in the background--and a cross, formed by the intersection of shelves--Huckabee is positioning himself as the friendly, faithful candidate, vs. Mitt Romney and his attack...
...Weiss laughs when asked if the descriptors are part spin - "Free Spirit" as a euphemism for "Fence Jumper," for example. "They are positive," she admits, compared with kennel cards that in the past would stress the negative, saying things like "Runs away," "Hates cats," and the always-cheerful "Watch your hands...