Word: throwings
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While the Republican Party has a history of anointing its candidates early, this rarely happens without a fight. "It's easy to throw the bombs," says G.O.P. pollster Tony Fabrizio. "It's tough to be the front runner every day." For McCain, the biggest potential threats at the moment appear to be Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who is getting good buzz on the right but is largely unknown even to Republicans, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who comes out ahead of McCain in many polls but has yet to begin building much of a campaign operation...
AARP can certainly throw its weight around. The organization is one of the country's most influential lobbying groups, with a membership about 10 times that of the National Rifle Association. In Washington, politicians from both major parties covet AARP's backing on a range of issues. That is in part because 1 out of every 4 voters in the past election, according to exit polls, was a member of AARP...
...Jason Saretsky said that he was especially pleased by Flahive’s performance, considering that this was “her first run of the season.” On the men’s side, co-captain Christian Ayers won the collegiate men’s weight throw and set a new personal best by throwing the weight 16.55 meters. Ayers said that he was “really excited” about his new personal best, and looks to be among the best throwers in the Ivy League this season. Other standouts included sophomore Becky Christensen...
It’s easy, Ms. Harper, to throw stones when your house isn’t glass but Green. The Harvard athletic administration, in a similar position, with a harmless hue as its nickname, didn’t take the bait, and for that it deserves some credit...
...nice job finishing,” said Harvard head coach Frank Sullivan. Then, in the extra period, he sealed the Crimson’s 83-81 win by rebounding Wildcats forward Sam Herrick’s intentional free throw miss as time expired. “We were on the opposite end of a lot of those games last year where we were losing at the buzzer,” said senior captain and shooting guard Jim Goffredo. “This early in the season, to be able to gut a game like that out on the road...