Word: toughed
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...Certainly, tough times call for tough measures, and, with layoffs a common occurrence in the private sector, it is unreasonable for the public sector to pass completely unspared. The problem is the manner in which teachers are laid off—as dictated by the California Education Code, teachers are fired based on seniority, so that the last hired are the first to go. This system of indiscriminately cutting from the bottom up means that schools are likely to lose many of their bright, young, and energetic teachers, to the detriment of their students...
Sunny California brought only good things to the Harvard women’s water polo team last week, as the team recorded two big wins and two close losses to finish up its last tune-up games before the start of conference play.After a tough 20-2 loss to No. 1 Stanford, and then a tight win against unranked Sonoma State earlier in the week, the Crimson (7-9) came into the last four games of the week a little tired but ready to attack. And attack they did.In the four-game series, Harvard scored a total of 38 goals...
...good out here, so it meant that everyone was getting a chance to play someone they haven’t been playing back home,” Harvard coach David Fish ’72 said. “Every single guy contributed a win out here, in tough company.”Weakened by the absence of seniors Sasha Ermakov and co-captain Chris Clayton, the trip posed a test of Harvard’s strength in depth—a test, in spite of losses, that proved encouraging.“Overall, it was great...
...second-ranked team in the country proved too tough for the Crimson, as LSU ran away with a comfortable 10-2 victory to sweep the two-game series. The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second, hitting a pair of home runs off Harvard freshman Brent Suter. The Crimson was able to pull to within one when sophomore center fielder Dillon O'Neill lined a two-run single up the middle. But that would be as close as Harvard would come, as LSU scored two runs in the fourth inning and five in the seventh...
...That’s tough for any set of pitchers, let alone two freshmen,” Douglas said. “They’ve been looking great...