Word: adrenaline
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...extend the Peloponnesian War metaphor, it's hard to deny that Yaz has forever been Achilles in Boston, sulking and slugging for 18 years, first through determination then idolatry. No one will ever doubt Yastrzemski's indispensibility on the baseball field, and no one was surprised when his adrenalin-powered shot found its way around the right field foul poll and into the seats for the game's first run in the second. And when Yaz popped to third for the final out of the game, myths may have been shattered about his supernatural skills, but respect did not diminish...
...settles down, Mr. Manningham's motives are revealed, and Rough sprouts about the stage with his Holmesian moustache and pipe, becoming both the saving touch of credibility to the play, but also the final measure of mystery that escalates this belated tale of Victorian constipation into something of an adrenalin surge...
...Bakke, Vorster and Carter pinned on it, you spot a row of hard blue hats, glistening in the sun. You recall anti-war rallies in the '60s--when hard-hats with American flag-pins and tatooed, bulging arms did their patriotic bit for Uncle Sam--and a surge of adrenalin runs up your back. There's always that possibility, in a large demonstration...
Sophomore Laforet fenced perfectly in the second round as she lost only 11 touches in four victories. Laforet, adrenalin flowing in her first varsity opportunity, fenced with intensity throughout and took advantage as others tired. She lunged effectively and quickly, using every inch of her 5-ft., 2-in. frame to reach her opponents...
...entire Harvard team seemed to soak up Gillette's adrenalin and captain John Chipman next went on the strip, beating Dan Anthony, 5-4 by catching him with a running lunge and touching him just before he went off the edge of the strip...