Word: stroke
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...door on Yale in the final five minutes. The Crimson did not sit back on its 1-0 lead, but kept Yale pinned in its own end. With one minute remaining, Fowler almost flicked in another corner goal, but a defender illegally batted the ball down. Harvard's penalty stroke woes continued as Amy Belisle's shot ricocheted off the left post...
With 16 minutes remaining in the game, Harvard added another goal. Ambinder rushed down the right side, carried it into the circle and shuttled it to sophomore Sarah Downing at the stroke mark, who nailed it into the net. The goal was Downing's first collegiate tally and gave Harvard an insurmountable 4-0 lead...
Penn had a little flurry near the game's end and spoiled Yadao's shutout attempt with a goal on a penalty stroke...
Above all, they share a distaste for ideology and a willingness to circumvent the bureaucracy when a bold stroke is needed. "I don't have a quick, innovative mind," says Scowcroft. "I don't automatically think of good new ideas. What I do better is pick out good ideas from bad ideas." Bush seems to believe that Scowcroft knows the difference...
...down in minutiae. So, said Bush in effect, don't bother. Just junk those weapons. All of them. Now. And hope that induces the Soviets to follow. Says Michael Mandelbaum, a scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations: "The Bush plan is a combination of a bold stroke and bowing to the inevitable. Bush is getting out ahead -- not a whole lot, but enough...