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...least partly accounting for the defense’s second-half success was coach Lisa Miller’s decision to switch from zone to man-to-man defense, which allowed Harvard to apply greater pressure and to come away with interceptions...
...able to run your offense and slow down your [opponent’s] offense, but to be able to put pressure on at the start makes our job on every front easier. So keeping the ball in and making sure the serve is tough are keys to our success...
...simply giving students a high school diploma to making sure they are ready for college or a career. In other words, he wants to make sure a high school diploma means students actually have the skills they need to compete in an increasingly global workforce. Obama would define school success by how much improvement students make from grade to grade, no matter where they started, as opposed to the current system, in which schools are judged on students' absolute performance, not their progress. Obama's model is similar to the one we pioneered three years ago here in New York...
...success so far has the GOP establishment fighting back. In his ads, Grayson is attempting to paint Paul as a kook whose beliefs are outside the mainstream. Which may explain why on several issues, Paul is edging toward the center: Pure libertarians, he says, believe the market should dictate policy on nearly everything from the environment to health care. Paul has lately said he would not leave abortion to the states, he doesn't believe in legalizing drugs like marijuana and cocaine, he'd support federal drug laws, he'd vote to support Kentucky's coal interests...
...leaders promised that they would help steer business to a textile company in his district. But these threats, sweetheart deals and rule-bending votes were long forgotten by the next elections. Seniors adore the Medicare Prescription Drug plan, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has declared CAFTA a success. If health reform passes, Democrats will be able to tout a number of immediate benefits, including a ban on preexisting exclusions for children and discounts on prescriptions drugs for seniors. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...