Word: stretch
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...down the stretch they come...
...Household Cavalry could seem like a welcome spell of R&R. Yet the news delivered in a written statement by the British Defense Secretary Des Browne to MPs on Thursday that the 22-year-old prince, third in line to the British throne, will soon find himself patrolling a stretch of southeastern Iraq poses anything but a relaxing prospect for army chiefs. Browne announced that the junior royal will go on active service this summer, confirming days of rumors about a six-month Iraqi tour of duty for the Household Cavalry, including Harry's Blues and Royals regiment, as part...
...than five minutes to go, it was, fittingly, a penalty that shaped the game’s final minutes. Sophomore Jimmy Fraser was whistled for hooking at 18:58, giving Brown a chance to pull Rosen for a 6-on-4 advantage.“Stupid penalties down the stretch, no doubt about it,” Reese said. “We took two penalties within five minutes, one with a minute left—they’re just unacceptable.”After a grueling contest that had thus far featured 22 penalties, four ties, and three...
...close game at halftime was turned into a laugher down the stretch, prompting the entire Yale football team, clad in white home jerseys and standing throughout the game in the rabid “Dawg Pound” student section, to start a “just like football” chant...
...point lead dwindle down to two at the intermission. Whether it was due to the energy of the crowd and the trophy presentation, Harvard’s lack of defense, or simply the Bulldogs superiority as a team, Yale gradually pulled away from the Crimson and coasted down the stretch to its seventh win in its last eight games...