Word: starting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...playing for the same team. In fact, this experience is so gratifying that it's tempting to just stick to our liberal selves and to stop dealing with the other team altogether. When we're talking to each other, we aren't constantly forced to explain ourselves, to start from square one in every argument. We share certain basic tenets and assumptions that allow us to move straight to what feels like a much higher level of discourse...
With its emphasis on various forms of historical and social injustice, liberal rhetoric can be dazzlingly eloquent, blindingly inspiring. When we start talking about controversial policies regarding gay rights or rape or the distribution of wealth, feelings run so high that rational acknowledgment of the opposition can seem insensitive--almost degrading to the issues at hand. But the very severity of these issues demands that we clear the sparkles from our eyes for long enough to treat them more thoroughly and even-handedly than this emotionalism allows...
Harvard had firm control of the game at that point and junior goaltender Oliver Jonas, making just his second start of the season, had to make only five saves in the opening period...
...minutes into the second period, referee Dan Murphy handed Union as golden a chance as any team has ever received to start a comeback and it failed to produce...
Based on the Crimson's combined 7-0 start and the response of his players, Bajwa seems to be poised to continue the program's success. Between the two teams, Harvard has captured 10 national champions since...