Word: stood
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...campaigns and chaired the Clinton-Gore re-election effort in 1996. In Knight, Haney also had a solid link to Tom Grumbly, who worked for Gore in the 1980s and became the assistant Energy Department secretary in charge of its multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste cleanup program. From where he stood between Haney and Grumbly, Knight came up with a fruitful arrangement: he began lobbying the Gore appointee on behalf of the businessman he was soliciting for Gore campaign cash...
...storm was "too large to outrun and too strong to have survived, unless you got away from the path." In its wake, half a mile wide and seven miles long, the twister left at least 27 people dead, nothing but bald concrete slabs in the ground where homes once stood, and a small town with big gaps among its chains of families and friends...
After a 28-4 romp over Wellesley, Harvard stood at 10-0 overall, 4-0 in the Ivy League. Tied atop the standings was Yale, and the Crimson traveled to face the Eli on February...
Several individuals stood out for Harvard despite the team's lackluster second half. Senior Greg Chang occupied a spot on the First Team Foil, and junior Michal Gattnar held a place on the First Team Epee with an 11-1 Ivy mark (27-3 overall). Captain Lee Scheffler garnered Second Team Sabre honors
That consolation round victory catapulted Harvard into the tournament final, still in the running for the automatic NCAA bid that is bestowed on the Ivy Champion. While only one team stood between the Crimson and the NCAAs, the Brown Bears, this one team presented two ultimately unsurmountable obstacles...