Word: tolls
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...decisive fashion.Things tightened up considerably in the third set. Early play featured back-and-forth action until a timely Ingersoll kill at 5-5 sparked a 3-0 run. This time Harvard could not pull away. Three ensuing Crimson service errors took their toll, and until the final tally, Dartmouth never trailed by more than three points. Carrying Harvard to the finish, McKinley came through with six kills and Ingersoll was close behind with five. One last service ace by Durwood topped off the Crimson’s 3-0 shutout of the Big Green.Attributing the drop...
...construction site, work has slowed for the holy fasting month of Ramadan - empty stomachs and temperatures of 115 degrees take their toll on productivity. But Joe Kilar, the project COO, says he'll soon make up for any time lost. "Come back in October, when Ramadan's over," he says, "and this place will be turbo-charged...
...action. Other times it feels like mob rule. The complexity of the problem and intricacy of the solution meant that the public response was more emotional than anything else. In a leadership vacuum, we got irrational belligerence, a desire to punish the greedheads that will take its broadest toll on the victims, not the perps. And for all the righteous rage, there was a refusal to admit that in many cases Wall Street's sins are also our own: the average American has nine credit cards with a $12,000 balance; we don't save; we overreach; and together...
...first two tournaments of the year, the squad looked impressive, but success came to a halt this week after a number of injuries prevented players from competing. “All around, we’ve just played a lot of tennis, and those matches are taking their toll on everyone,” co-captain Laura Peterzan said. “People have gotten injured and had to pull out [this weekend].” Due to the overwhelming number of setbacks, only three Crimson players—freshmen Samantha Gridley, Holly Cao, and Camille Jania—were...
...reporters traveling with her, no appearances on The View to stare down Joy Behar. Rather than playing to her strengths as a fresh face in an unendurably long campaign, they hid her away in a kind of conspicuous vote of no-confidence - which, one can only imagine, took a toll on her. I was struck watching her in St. Paul, where she appeared after five days of relentless media pressure and blew the doubts away, that she had the jauntiness of one who knew her own gifts: knew she could connect to a crowd and raise the roof and stomp...