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Does this sound too good to be true? McCain is, as he often admits, a superstitious fellow who depends on talismans for good luck--the penny he carries in his pocket or that rubber band strapped around his left wrist. As it stands, he is still too busy attempting to convince his party and its conservative base that he is not to be feared. Witness his latest endorsement road show: Mitt Romney in Boston, George H.W. Bush in Houston and a bunch of big-name Republican Representatives in Washington. These are the moves of a man still speaking...
...were both sidelined for most of the match. “The most important part was that we didn’t have two players on the court,” head coach Jose Barbosa said. “Both of them were injured. My setter has a hurt wrist and one of my middles bent his ankle.” Due to the missing players, Harvard’s entire lineup shifted. The usual libero, senior Brian Rapp, was filling in for setter. Taking Rapp’s spot was freshmen Jeff Nathan, who saw increased time...
...desperation shot that found the back of the net.“That was just hard work,” Stone said. “It was a pretty goal.”Just a minute and a half later, Vaillancourt struck again, this time scoring on a wrist shot after receiving the puck from freshman Liza Ryabkina.Vaillancourt’s two goals gave her 18 on the season. While the French Canadian—who also added an assist Saturday—led Harvard with 30 goals last year, she has become more of a playmaker this season...
...hustle and vision of co-captain Mike Taylor, who fought for the puck near the hashmarks in Union’s zone before sending a pass off the boards to Biega, who picked up his second goal of the season.“[The shot] was a low wrist shot on net and beat the goalie wide pad,” Biega said. “It just was a great pass and a great job winning that battle by Mike Taylor to get control of the puck before passing it to me.”Freshman forward Matt McCollem...
...Leading a three-on-two break for the Huskies, defenseman Lindsay Berman flicked a wrist shot that took a strange bounce off the ice and skipped over Harvard sophomore goalie Christina Kessler’s glove...