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...earn the Crimson’s only goal of the game. Polet’s tally, her second of the season, was assisted by midfielders sophomore Kristin Bannon and co-captain Jana Berglund, each earning her fourth assist this year. The sprinklers at halftime not only cooled off the turf field, but Harvard’s offense as well. “The first half was pretty evenly matched, but we didn’t do anything really in the second half. Providence really controlled the second half of play,” Caples said. “They moved...
...insurgents targeting U.S. forces. The longtime pact between tribal leaders and insurgents in Anbar Province had broken down around Ramadi amid squabbling over money, essentially. When insurgents began raiding highways in Sattar's territory as a means of fundraising, Sittar and his fighters lashed out in defense of their turf. Fighting erupted. By 2006, Sattar found himself in a blood feud with al-Qaeda in Iraq and needed help. He turned first to fellow tribesmen - and then to the Americans...
...from the small Italian city of Modena, who had briefly taught elementary school and sold insurance while pursuing his vocal studies. As late as the 1970s Pavarotti liked to say he was still "a country boy," and he played up his modest roots by spending his summers on home turf, swimming, riding horses and expertly whipping up pasta feasts. But his family home was now a 17th century mansion on 12 acres, and there was no disguising his status as an immensely wealthy international superstar. Eventually his prolonged globetrotting absences took a toll on family life. In 1996 he separated...
...leadership withers at home and in Washington. The vote is scheduled to take place just as Congress receives a progress report by the U.S. military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus. If the fractiousness continues, however, well-armed regional powers could assert control over the wealth under their turf, adding economic momentum to a national bust...
...just two minutes into the second frame on a header from L.J. Williams. "The game really went back and forth between the two teams," Nichols said. "It was about effort, and it was a pretty even game." Leone suggested that the team had trouble controlling the ball on the turf of Hartford's fields, because Harvard plays on grass in Allston. "We didn't keep the ball, we couldn't settle it, but we have to deal with that," Leone said. "We really just couldn't get into a flow because we didn't keep the ball for any length...