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Encountering those victims firsthand, particularly the teenagers and small children, propelled me and Rosalynn to step up The Carter Center's efforts to eradicate guinea worm disease. The image of the young woman's suffering not only personalized the illness but also forced me to view life for the first time through the eyes of the poor, the powerless and the voiceless and to come to terms with how the quality of their existence affects the world at large. I realized too that I could have done more when I was President to help people in developing countries...
...thought they’d be,” Weintraub said. “I mean, with Jordan out of the game, we’re missing a crucial part of that offense, and we’re trying to fill his shoes right now. We need someone to step up and balance our team...
...lead in the fifth inning, Madick again walked into the circle. The Penn players knew the rest would be just a formality, as Madick tossed the last seven outs to win the series. “When we need a key performance, [Madick] is going to step up and do that,” Allard says. Madick, on the other hand, asserts that dominating hitters is not her aim.“I don’t ever feel that pressure to keep the ball in the catcher’s glove,” Madick says...
...Walsh says. “If he could get into that starting role and throw strikes and win some games for us, holy cow, would that be a big difference.”Right now, it doesn’t look like Cole will be stepping into the starting spot quite yet. First he must regain his eye for the strike zone, a task on which Cole and new pitching coach Aaron Landes have been working.“For [Cole], it’s about throwing strikes,” senior starter Shawn Haviland says. “When...
...entire season—playing as a team and focusing on the details.”So even though revenge will be on Harvard’s mind tonight in Duluth, the game is about a lot more than just beating the Badgers.It’s the final step of the journey back that started on the ice in Wisconsin last March—and this time a win can get them to the national championship.“People underestimate us out in the Midwest, and we’re looking forward to proving some people wrong...