Word: stretch
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...first place in the ECAC but faces some of the toughest teams in the nation in the coming weeks.“I think we’ve made great strides, especially over exam period,” Brine said. “As we head into this last stretch we have everything to gain.”—Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...
...wrenching, back-and-forth game at Lavietes Pavilion Friday night, the Harvard men’s basketball team came out on the short end, as the University of Pennsylvania made the clutch plays down the stretch and got the bounces it needed...
...McNally and captain guard Andrew Pusar each missed the front-ends of one-and ones in that stretch as the team made just 1-of-6 attempts in the first half. It also turned the ball over 13 times, which would look worse if the visitors hadn’t gone one further, committing 14 turnovers in the first 20 minutes. In the second half, however, Penn turned it over only twice, compared to six for Harvard, helping the visitors overcome their 44.4 shooting percentage in the game...
...response to the pastor shortage is "yoking" two congregations to share a circuit-riding minister--and one salary. Along the Minnesota--North Dakota line, the yokes stretch thin. Jeff Gustafson, in the town of Warren, Minn., adds a degree of difficulty: he's Methodist, but one of his two yoked churches is Presbyterian. Another pastor travels 200 miles (about 320 km) every weekend to serve five churches. A botched three-pastor attempt to connect three already yoked churches (including Grue) with four more resulted in, among other things, shut-ins being overlooked and not receiving Communion for years...
...going to get through it,” she said. More of a factor will be Harvard’s response to the loss that opened conference play on a low note. All signs point to the team using that loss as a springboard for a trying upcoming stretch, which includes the next four games on the road.“We’ve kind of become revitalized, and we’re remembering how much that Dartmouth game stung,” Finelli said. “That’s giving us an extra motivation going into...