Word: stretch
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ambitions of Viganella Mayor Pierfranco Midali, a 47-year-old train driver, don't stretch quite that high, but he says the €100,000 mirror project, funded by a bank and local governments, has already proved its worth by attracting so much attention. He admits the sun's bounce could be bigger. Midali notes: "Being the first, you can't expect perfection. We want to improve the design so others can use it too." Lodge owner Ragozza is more interested in p.r. than the science, suggesting the town could even start a Miss Mirror bikini contest each winter...
...only “got through” in the second half, but broke through Dartmouth’s defense, matching the Big Green’s own All-Ivy candidate, Ashley Taylor, down the stretch. It was hard to say which of Hallion’s backbreaking plays stood tallest: her jumper from the free-throw line as the shot clock expired, giving Harvard a one-point lead with 4:45 left? Her steal and lay-up at 1:37, which she followed with another jumper, pushing the Crimson’s lead to five with just more than...
...men’s basketball team Saturday night at Leede Arena in the Ivy League opener for both teams.The Crimson (7-8, 0-1 Ivy) played much better than in its previous game, an 81-48 stinker at UC Irvine, but could not make as many plays down the stretch as its rival and Ivy League travel partner from up north.“It was an extra-round fight,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “I think both teams were punch-drunk at the end. Dartmouth made use of great opportunities and was very...
...also got the first goal of her career in the third period, extending the Crimson lead to 4-0. “It’s always a highlight to us on the bench,” said Stone about having two players net their first scores. Down the stretch in the third period, Quinnipiac made a bold move and decided to pull its goalie with over four minutes left to play. At the 17:14 mark, sophomore Sarah Wilson finished the scoring by getting the puck up ice and beating a diving defender for an empty-net score...
...where we should be at. It was especially great to get the four points on the road.” The Crimson (7-10-0, 5-7-0 ECAC) has won its last three games and is climbing back toward an even record in league play. Prior to this stretch, Harvard had not strung two wins together all season. The Crimson now has another two-and-a-half week break for reading period and finals before the longest bus trip of the year, to St. Lawrence and Clarkson. HARVARD 3, UNION 2 The Crimson took a 1-0 lead just...