Word: apartness
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This summer, discussions to build a stadium on the waterfront of St. Petersburg, Fla., fell apart, a significant defeat for team officials. They had hoped to have a new home for the team that could draw more season ticket holders. The Rays’ current venue, Tropicana Field, is a cavernous dome that lacks much charm...
...over the Big Red in the semifinals of the ECAC tournament last season—the last time the two teams met. In that matchup, the Crimson scored all three of its goals on power plays—with two of them coming less than a minute apart...
...only 10.6 points per game and will look to slow down a Crimson scoring attack that is putting up 29.3 points per game.Something’s going to have to give.The most crucial matchup happens when the vaunted Crimson offense takes the field. Senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti ripped apart an unprepared Bulldog secondary last year—a mistake Yale coach Jack Siedlecki is unlikely to repeat.The Crimson’s ability to move the ball down the field and put points on the board will be key, as the Bulldogs, fearsome against both the run and the pass...
...last few years, one name has stood above the rest when it comes to the Yale offense. Mike McLeod tore apart defense after defense on his way to Ivy League Player of the Year honors in 2007—that is, until the Crimson front seven got in his way. The corps limited him to just 50 yards on the ground, a performance that can’t be far from the back of his mind as he enters this year’s edition of the game. Although he started off more slowly this fall, the back...
...characteristic red felt hat. He speaks with a soft, gravelly cadence, but carries himself with the gravitas befitting his stature. Chinua Achebe stands as perhaps the most recognizable and lauded African author of modern times. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, his premier novel, “Things Fall Apart,” has sold over 8 million copies and been translated into 50 languages. He holds more than 30 honorary degrees, including one bearing the signature of former University President Neil L. Rudenstine. He visited Harvard this past Monday for the Harvard Distinguished African Studies Lecture.Fifteen Minutes: How many...