Word: stretch
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...free throws. In between those two scores, Yale went on a 10-0 run. Harvard fought back hard, but would not get closer than five points behind the rest of the way. The Bulldogs made 7-of-8 free throws once the Crimson resorted to fouling down the stretch. In the first half, Yale doubled up Harvard early, 18-9, but the Crimson went on an 11-2 run to tie the game at 20 on Beal’s tip-in off his own miss. In contrast to Harvard’s 82-74 loss in New Haven earlier...
...accompany a stifling full-court man-to-man press. The pressure resulted in 24 Harvard turnovers, including 13 during the first half. The defensive intensity helped Yale to a first half lead that it held until the frame’s final two minutes. During one three-minute stretch, the Crimson turned the ball over seven times. “They put a lot of pressure on us,” said senior co-captain Maureen McCaffery. “In the first 15 minutes it was making us a little frantic.” Nonetheless, the Crimson never...
...that withholding creates its own all-or-nothing melodrama. That applies again this year, when some pretty intriguing head-to-head races are shaping up. Can Crash, the quintessential L.A. indie drama, make a stretch run to overtake the early favorite, Brokeback Mountain? Can Hollywood's most dapper leading man, George Clooney, beat out schlumpy but likable Paul Giamatti? Is dark horse Felicity Huffman the one to knock off everyone's darling, Reese Witherspoon? Will anyone catch Philip Seymour Hoffman...
...local motels doubling as witness safe houses, officials realized they couldn't always live up to the protection promise. Unlike the federal witness-protection program for turncoat mobsters and cocaine kingpins, there is no reconstructive surgery, no house with a pool in suburban Phoenix. Baltimore authorities had to stretch their $400,000 annual budget in 2005 to accommodate 184 families in hiding--a few with as many as 11 members. Although some are relocated near family as far away as California, most are loath to leave Maryland and wind up languishing in motels just outside the city limits. "I wish...
...Crimson gets four of its final six at home against two teams it handled, one it fell to at the buzzer, and another that needed to shoot the lights out to win. The road trip to Penn and Princeton still looms, but anything less than 5-1 down the stretch would be a disappointment.Dartmouth—Laughing? Come talk to me when the Big Green takes four of its last six and finishes 5-9 in league play.Cornell—For some reason, I like the Big Red at home against Penn on Saturday (more on that later...