Word: tightenings
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...Everyone played very well,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar said. “Everybody got in, got some playing time, which is important come tournament time.” The Crimson led 5-3 after a fast-paced first quarter, but its defense was able to tighten up and hold Connecticut College scoreless for the next two quarters. On offense, Harvard scored three goals in each of the second and third quarters to build an 11-3 lead. “We gave up some 6-on-5’s in the first quarter...
...TIME. Those sources said one of the first steps that a newly installed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would take would be to introduce legislation making college tuition more affordable for middle-class families, perhaps through tax credits and lower interest rates on student loans. Democrats would move immediately to tighten port security, seeking to have 100% of incoming container cargo inspected. A Democratic official briefed on the plans said the party would quickly push a bill designed to inhibit future lobbying scandals. The sources said Democrats would push for changes to the troubled Medicare prescription-drug plan, giving more control...
...several one-point leads, only to see ESU tie the score on the ensuing play. As a raucous home crowd cheered before every serve, any tension-filled point might have meant the difference between a Crimson victory and a decisive fifth game. “You have to tighten up because you don’t want to make a mistake, but you have so much energy going through your body that you want to hit it as hard as you can,” senior Luke McCrone said. “It’s always hard to keep...
...points] on, we need to pick up our play,” McKiernan said. “We don’t come out strong, we don’t finish strong,” Fitz added. “When it comes to crunch time, we just tighten up.” It’s not a good time for the Crimson to be letting leads fall out of its grasp. At the halfway point of the season, Harvard stands in the middle of the Hay Division pack. With no team stepping up to challenge division-leading East...
What Markway is experiencing is a new kind of American career stage: the not-quite-retirement. As life spans lengthen, pensions tighten and workplace rules change, hopping from full-time work to full-time leisure is appearing less realistic and, to some, less desirable. The trend has given rise to a new category of employment, the so-called bridge job. Economists use this term to describe part-time or full-time jobs typically held for less than 10 years following full-time careers. According to a 2005 working paper from the Center on Aging and Work at Boston College...