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...neither team was able to score in the first period. Yet it was Harvard who stepped up its game, simply by adapting to and surviving the Olympic-size rink that the Wildcats call home. “We adjusted well to the big ice surface, which is always a tough thing to do when you are not used to that, and our kids kept going,” Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “We out-shot them, and we had chances to win.”Despite a lackluster start, the Harvard offense gradually turned...
Still, the reports state that policy responses to global warming are often a tough sell because countries worry that a carbon cap or tax will put them at a disadvantage in the international marketplace...
...nation what kind of team we’re going to be down the road.” Generating that momentum is critical for the Crimson, especially given that last year’s mid-season losing streak began with a loss to Boston College and a tough stretch of games against non-conference opponents. “I think it’s just a good opportunity for us to come together as a team against a traditionally powerhouse program,” Tallett said. “We have the opportunity to show to ourselves as well...
...noxious air. Reaching into the pocket of his tattered waistcoat, Ollie produced a letter and held it up between his thumb and forefinger.“’Ere’s the proof,” Ollie said. “The old maid was a tough ol’ bag, Oi should say.” He handed over the envelope, which was discolored and stained from years of storage in who knows what filthy London apartment. The Stable Boy removed a slip of paper and began to read. Ollie stroked his chin as he pondered...
...depression.“I don’t buy this figure of the depressed and suffering poet,” Lewis says. “Poetry teaches you strategies to deal with depression. I think poets get this reputation for being depressed because they spend more time in tough terrain, not because they’re more delicate.”But Lewis believes that poetry also has a meaning beyond the individual poet; it resonates physically within an individual and politically within a society.“If we don’t have language that?...