Word: stretch
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...season Ivy game—handing a 1-0 defeat to a team that has been 9-3-1 at home.“We’ve had a good record here at home…and we’ve been playing some good hockey down the stretch,” senior co-captain Brian McCafferty said. “When you come in and you’re [the fifth seed] and the other team’s ranked 12, maybe [an attitude] creeps in just a little bit unknowingly. But hopefully we’ve gotten...
...argument may be didactic, but it has no practical use. What is likely to happen to the market is that it will fall another 15% or 20% and then trade sideways, perhaps for several years. That is what happened from 1965 to 1981.There were peaks and troughs during that stretch and clearly traders made money on those. But, it was a particularly poor period for long-term investors who wanted to buy and hold. (See pictures of the top ten scared traders...
...Anchorage-nearly 700 frozen miles away. In what has become known as the "Great Race of Mercy," 20 mushers and some 150 dogs teamed up to deliver the drugs in under six days, quelling an epidemic that threatened to decimate the town. Balto, the lead dog on the final stretch of the relay, earned national acclaim - and a statue that still stands in New York City's Central Park - for the feat, though many cite musher Leonhard Seppala and his lead dog, Togo, as the the effort's unsung champions...
...It’s awesome, and to have earned it down the stretch, how well we played the second half of the season—it makes a difference,” Stone said. “It’s great to be able to play in front of your own fans and band...
...batting average, and tied the Ivy League single-game homer record with three in the Crimson’s 5-5 effort against Boston College—and all this as a rookie. Her imposing presence instilled caution in opposing pitchers, and led to 16 walks in the final stretch of the season.Murphy continued her superb play in last year’s campaign. However, 2008 marked a transition year. She started all 46 games, but this time around, she split her time between designated player and first base. Under the guidance of Danielle Kerper ’08, Murphy...