Word: tune-up
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...team stormed through its competition in the 1996-97 season, finishing with an 11-1 record overall, including 5-1 in the Ivy League. Most of the season appeared to be a mere tune-up for the fencers, as the first weekend brought romps over MIT, Brown, Tufts and Boston University, with no team even able to come within 10 points of Harvard...
...weekend, Saturday night's women's basketball matchup between first-place Harvard (19-6, 13-0 Ivy) and second-place Brown (15-11, 10-4) at Lavietes Pavilion was billed as a matchup of the best the Ivy League had to offer. What it turned into was a tune-up for Harvard in preparation for its NCAA Tournament appearance...
...wrestling team closes out its regular season this weekend with the meet at home against Brown and then a meet at Boston University. This is the final tune-up for the Eastern Championships on March 7, and is now made doubly important with the chance to finish high in the Ivy League...
...only will this tournament serve as a tune-up for the ECAC Championships which occur the following weekend, it will also give the new freshmen a chance to take a close first look at college tennis...
After the image tune-up, Yeltsin tried for a while to defend his record, and the indexes of progress he listed were accurate: lower inflation, significant hard-currency reserves, a generally more open, demand-driven economy. When citing his achievements did not improve his standing, Yeltsin argued that the corner has been turned on austerity. "The most difficult period is over," he said as recently as last month. "We have survived. Don't lose hope." Each time he used that line, he was booed...