Word: steps
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Though Shaw primarily played at third in high school, the rookie was more than ready to step up to the job of first baseman when the opportunity arose...
...always practicing there so I was more than ready to step up for the challenge and I knew that Coach needed me and the team needed me,” Shaw said. “I had played first base before so it wasn’t like it was completely foreign...
...days later, Brown was presented with an opportunity to step up, and she took full advantage of it, striking out 12 of the 14 batters she faced in a relief appearance in Harvard’s 2-1 win over Bryant...
...recent weeks, Obama and his advisers have made clear that much of the rest of the world will have to step up to the plate, especially in 2010, if the economic downturn continues. "We don't want a situation in which some countries are making extraordinary efforts and other countries aren't, with the hope that somehow the countries that are making those important steps lift everybody up," Obama said last week, in a prime-time press conference. But so far, European leaders have resisted the call for more stimulus. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she does not want...
...overseas actions against its foes, but it is suspected of sending planes to destroy a Syrian nuclear facility in 2007, and it is also blamed for the Damascus car-bomb killing in February last year of Hizballah military commander Imad Mughniyeh. Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who will step down on Tuesday, hinted that Israel was behind the Sudan raid, saying, "We operate in many places near and far and carry out strikes in a manner that strengthens our deterrence...