The elder son is good — very good indeed — but there is still playing time left inside the man he might hope to replace, the pivotal pass-master of Barça, Xavi.
Defenses have tried to take Hilliard away from the Giants in many pivotal passing situations, but increasingly, it's as if the Giants have been trying to throw deep to Amani Toomer while Joe Jurevicius has picked up more of the medium-length routes.
Beckham, hobbled by a bum hamstring, was able to reenter at the end of that drive and drew a pivotal pass-interference call.
Meanwhile, he also threw a pivotal touchdown pass to Kearse and a huge pass to Baldwin that set up a field goal.
The powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is pivotal to passing tax legislation, said in an interview today that he would consider moving quickly on a stand-alone bill to cut tax rates.
The National Organization for Marriage has pledged to spend at least $2 million in 2012 seeking to defeat seven lawmakers who provided the pivotal votes to pass same-sex marriage — and whose photographs are now featured on the group's Web site.
In recent days, the group put up a roadside billboard in the district of State Senator Roy J. McDonald of Saratoga County, who was one of the four Republicans who provided the pivotal votes to pass same-sex marriage in the Senate.
One of Coughlin's receivers, Mark Ingram, caught a pivotal second-half pass in that Super Bowl, making a dogged, gritty push up the field, breaking four tackles to barely pick up a first down that led to the Giants second touchdown in the 20-19 victoverover the Buffalo Bills.
We needed a phrase that would allow the pivotal moment to pass smoothly kwithout making me feel compromised or the other person feel rejected.
The pivotal central movement passed with the hush and ache of held breath.
He also played a pivotal role in passing the bill in January that provided money to raise the pay of health workers, which is currently costing counties about $50 million annually.
