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Sometimes every inch really does matter.After 100 minutes without a goal, Saturday’s first-round tournament matchup between the No. 30 Harvard men’s soccer team and the No. 25 University of Massachusetts suddenly sparked to life.It seemed like the Minutemen (10-8-3) had grabbed the winner within seconds of the start of the second period of sudden death overtime, when UMass freshman Chris Roswess gained possession right in front of the Crimson goal and poked the ball past freshman goalkeeper Austin Harms. The ball dribbled towards the goal-line, carrying Harvard?...
...seemed like the Minutemen (10-8-3) had grabbed the winner within seconds of the start of the second period of sudden death overtime, when Massachusetts freshman Chris Roswess gained possession right in front of the Crimson goal, and poked the ball past freshman goalkeeper Austin Harms. The ball dribbled towards the goal line, carrying Harvard’s season with it. But with the Crimson inches away from elimination, sophomore Robert Millock was able to clear the ball off the line...
...economy may bring self-reinforcing downward pressures that weren't an issue back in the relatively frugal 1950s. (When you've got lots of debt, like General Motors or your neighbor with an adjustable-rate mortgage, you're in a far worse position to weather a sudden reduction in income...
...patriotic city, and even floated the idea of writing fake tickets to drivers of foreign cars. Behind the bluster is an insecurity that dates back to the days when Fort Bragg was a staging ground for Vietnam-bound troops. While the base was training draftees for combat, Fayetteville's sudden glut of strip clubs and bars seemed to be training them for a debauched night out in Saigon. People called the town Fayettenam, a slur that hasn't lost its sting. "I despise that term," Blackwell says. "Whoever says that needs to come see how much this town has changed...
...Rays’ sudden success has been attributed to a renewed focus on developing young minor-league talent and increasing the team’s fan base...