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...GREEN ZONE...
...walks early on in the season, and I tended to have a lot of walks in past seasons. I really worked to limit my walks, and I think the way I was able to do that was to throw the ball in the zone and trust my defense was going to make a stop.” She also benefited from the depth of the pitching staff. Both junior Amanda Watkins and freshman Dana Roberts ranked in the top 10 in the league in ERA, taking a lot of pressure off of Madick during the regular season...
...Although Chu prevailed in the year-end award voting, it was Bauer who made the decisive play in the rink. Wisconsin had controlled the run of play throughout the game by dominating time of possession, cycling the puck out of the corners and working along the perimeter of the zone. Martin was able to stifle any scoring chances by lining up outside shots for glove saves and diving to smother the rebounds she did not initially control. But this time Bauer made a sharp cut through the interior of the tired defense, shuttling the puck to Zaugg for the open...
...Ever since, in a military and diplomatic sense, Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been simplicity itself: if one side crosses it, we're at war. If everyone stays onside, the cease-fire continues. With a few nerve-rattling exceptions - in 1968 the North boarded and seized an American patrol boat, the U.S.S. Pueblo, that Washington insisted was in international waters , and in 1976, North Korea attacked and killed two American soldiers while they were trimming a tree in the DMZ - that cease-fire has held to this...
...protection of allied troops. The contractors' fear of not having beer delivered is tremendously stressful and surely the need to unwind is well deserved. But they can rest assured that the Country Club is secure, thanks to the many young soldiers fighting beyond the walls of the Green Zone. Those soldiers, I would add, do not have the pleasure of patronizing the bar; they just get to defend it. Cheers to all you carpet-bagging contractors and nonessential embassy employees. And if it gets too hot, just fan yourselves with all the money you're making...