Word: veterans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Spurred by a mix of veteran leadership, stellar pitching, and talented newcomers, the Harvard softball team recorded one of the best seasons in program history. The Crimson finished the season 31-15 overall, won the inaugural Ivy League North Division, then swept Penn, 4-0 and 4-2, to win the inaugural Ivy League Softball Championship to finish out league play with a 16-6 record. Harvard moved on to the NCAA Regional at Hempstead, N.Y. In Hempstead, Harvard lost a 3-2 eight-inning nail-biter against Hofstra before falling in a gut-wrenching 1-0 loss to Albany...
This year, however, a new coach was found to lead the alpine team. An eight-year coaching veteran and former competitive skier, Tim Mitchell brought much-needed guidance to a talented but unguided team...
Plagued by inconsistency and slow starts, the Harvard women’s lacrosse team battled through a difficult season, finding wins where it could, but often falling to more skilled, veteran teams...
Getting their hands on oil fields is the biggest issue. "They can see the opportunities," says veteran oil analyst Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co., "but they don't have access to them." Only 7% of the world's estimated oil and gas reserves are in countries that allow companies like ExxonMobil free rein, according to consulting firm PFC Energy. Fully 65% are in the hands of state-owned companies such as Saudi Aramco, and the rest are in the likes of Russia and Venezuela, where Western companies can get a foothold one day but lose it the next...
...Marine Corporal Ryan Vistek considered himself a war-hardened veteran. In 2004, he fought against Moqtada al-Sadr's militia when it staged an uprising in several parts of Iraq. But sometimes experience no longer counts as lessons learned. Before he deployed to Iraq for the second time earlier this year, he and other Iraq combat veterans were pulled aside and told - essentially - to forget everything they'd learned...