Word: waiting
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...Liza Ryabkina said. “The first goal is always really important.”The Crimson dominated possession of the puck for the rest of the second period—Harvard outshot the Big Red, 14-5, in the frame—but the team had to wait until the third to score again.Two and a half minutes into the final period, Harvard doubled its lead to allow it some breathing room.Vaillancourt took on the role of playmaker again, stealing the puck and rushing down the ice to create a 2-on-1 break with sophomore Katharine Chute...
...point lead. An vengeful Cornell team responded with two three-pointers, but Harvard remained relaxed and controlled.“Our team is very good at crunch time, and that is kind of our weakness too,” co-captain Emily Tay said. “We wait until the final 10 minutes until we get a spark, and that’s when we know we have to play well. It was crunch time when we started playing better.”As the clock continued to tick down, Harvard knew it was time to go. With...
...more difficult challenge as mediators if hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is Prime Minister? Historically, it has been more challenging for American Administrations to deal with Likud-led governments in Israel. But I never believed that, on issues that are central to you, you can afford to wait until there is a "ripe" environment. If the issue is central, diplomacy has to work hard to ripen the environment for a deal...
...Prime Minister defended her choice to negotiate and wait out the rebels. Speaking on the floor of the parliament Sunday, she was categorical in response: "I opted for talks to save lives, to save the officers and their families." An error would have been unthinkable. "The PM had to take a decision in real time. If they had stormed the compound and it had gone wrong, it could have been an even worse catastrophe," says Brig. Gen. Shahedul Anam Khan, an ex-senior army officer and an authority on strategic affairs. Now, the Prime Minister has to hope that...
...could be a long, tense and potentially dangerous wait before indictments are issued and trials begin. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon reportedly has said that the courtroom will be ready for trials at the beginning of 2010. Robin Vincent, the tribunal?s registrar, has said that the trials could last five years. In welcoming the launching of the tribunal, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said, ?The Lebanese do not seek vengeance, they only wish to protect their country and prevent the terrorists from persisting in their crime unpunished...