Word: stalemateã
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Harvard had been held scoreless for its second match in a row and desperately needed to end the stalemate??in other words, the Crimson needed a hero...
...awesome shot.” But despite out-shooting the Big Red 11-10 and holding a decisive edge in penalty corners at 9-2, the Crimson could not translate ball possession into one more goal. Knoche made stop after stop to preserve the stalemate??making eight saves including an athletic stop on a Big Red breakaway—but Cornell senior Blair Corcoran notched the game-winner at 55:16 off a pass from Lindsay Moyer. The loss drops Harvard to unfamiliar sub-.500 territory in both its overall and Ivy records. The Big Red, meanwhile, improves...
Since coming to Harvard, I’ve frequently been surprised by the sheer ignorance of so many smart people. I’ve had innumerable debates over social issues and they often end in a stalemate??an insurmountable impasse in which my opponent simply can’t conceive of the idea that some impoverished people really can’t break “the cycle.” How could it be, after all, when you can cite the countless instances of immigrant populations that have thrived due to hard work and determination? They spout...
Steven M. Goldstein, co-director of the Taiwan Studies Workshop at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, described the current state of cross-strait relationships as an “equilibrium resulting from stalemate?? in which “neither side can achieve its maximal goals...
...fifth week of contract negotiations began, representatives of Harvard custodial workers’ union said talks with the University on wages and benefits were at a “stalemate?? yesterday...