Word: surmount
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...late, it seems that weather is the only obstacle the Crimson has not been able to surmount. Now halfway through the season, Harvard (11-9 overall, 3-1 EIBL) has won seven of its last eight games, and has climbed to second place in the EIBL behind Yale...
...system that would subsidize the tuition of children who choose parochial schools, the Bush Administration is confronting one of the nation's sacrosanct principles: the First Amendment's stricture against "establishment of religion" creates a wall between church and state. That hurdle, while high, may not be impossible to surmount. Over the years the Supreme Court has wrestled with the distinction between direct funding of religious institutions, which is forbidden, and indirect aid that is designed to serve a secular purpose, which may be permissible...
...opener yesterday, Chattin limited the Crimson to eight hits. Meanwhile, the Terriers exploded for three runs in the first inning off Harvard's Julie Fromholz. With Chattin on the mound, the lead proved too large to surmount, and the Crimson fell...
...bookings. It wasn't." Already buffeted by a surge in fuel costs after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, travel companies watched in horror as air carriers' revenue-passenger miles for February plunged 26.8% internationally and 5.5% in the U.S. By mid-March, the firms realized that to surmount travelers' reluctance, they would have to launch their own version of the "Hail Mary" campaign that led the allies to victory in Iraq...
...last week's initial taste of success by allied forces raised the possibility that the gulf war might be a short one, lasting a few weeks instead of many months. That inspired investors to surmount their crippling fears of a long, costly war that would plunge the U.S. into a near depression. Stock markets turned bullish in all parts of the world as buyers big and small poured in from the sidelines, heartened by a plunge in oil prices. Said Donald Clark, chairman of Household International, a finance and insurance firm: "I'm more optimistic today simply because we have...