Word: trim
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...give the other team enough respect, and that’s what losers do.”Harvard seemed to get back in the groove in the third contest, as the Crimson picked up a 3-0 lead with sophomore Gil Weintraub serving. Endicott rallied to trim Harvard’s advantage to one point, 5-4. Junior captain Brady Weissbourd later responded with a kill to boost the Crimson’s lead to 8-5, and Harvard continued on to complete a 7-4 run, which kept Harvard ahead of the Gulls, 15-9. But Endicott quickly took...
...Army officials have made it clear they believe they can trim the 15-month deployments back to 12 months even if the troop level in Iraq remains at 130,000 for a period of time. That will give Petraeus and the Bush Administration, which wants to avoid any action that could jeopardize the past year's gains in Iraq, leverage to suspend the pullout for a time. Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island and a former Army officer, asked Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, at a hearing last week if doing that wouldn't break...
...theater," Gates said. That's the kind of statement that sends generals up the wall - not only because it's true, but because it's the Secretary of Defense who's saying it. And the generals know that the next time some eager-beaver congressional budget-cutters want to trim Pentagon spending, they're going to roll out that quote...
...remaining, before a Niki Finelli three-pointer and a jumper from Hallion cut it to 60-58 with 1:20 left. After a quick basket for the Quakers, Hallion found a cutting Finelli at the top of the key, and Finelli buried her second consecutive triple to trim the Penn lead to one and set up Tay’s final shot. “Emily was on fire the whole game,” Finelli said. “When that ball went up, I said, ‘It’s going...
...exotic, Tibetan-inspired poncho shearling and paisley embroidered coats at Alexander McQueen's Mongolian-meets-Mayan show. Meanwhile, Frida Gianinni took the Gucci man on an exotic trip to post-revolutionary Russia, returning with some pretty extravagant greatcoats festooned with Cossack-inspired embroideries and fur-and-velvet trim. Even the traditional pea coat and overcoat were revamped in supersized proportions at houses like Bottega Veneta and Ferragamo. Bottega Veneta designer Tomas Maier said he had been inspired by functional work wear from the 19th century. At Ferragamo the theme was discreet luxury, with loosened up pea coats lined in lynx...