Word: apartness
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...Because sporting events are now beamed all over the world-I can watch Liverpool play live on TV in my Hong Kong apartment-it's natural to assume that sports has become a symbol of the ways in which people in places far apart share the same tastes and passions. But this is an illusion. Few sports and fewer sporting events have a truly global reach. In the U.S., most people, if asked, would tell you that Porto is a drink and Formula 1 a hair-care product. Bill Belichick may have revolutionized American football, but he could walk through...
Though she managed to play out the remainder of the match, her mobility was noticeably limited—an observation not lost on her opponents—and the comeback drive fell apart as the duo lost three of the next four games in an 8-4 defeat...
Here is what the business looks like, separate and apart from the brutality documented at Abu Ghraib prison: since 9/11, according to U.S. officials and former prisoners, detainees under U.S. supervision in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at undisclosed other locations have been stripped naked, covered with hoods, deprived of sleep and light, and made to stand or sit in painful positions for extended periods. Some have been drugged. Sexual humiliation is not unheard of. Even the Federal Bureau of Prisons has lent a hand in this enterprise. According to a Justice Department inspector-general's report, Muslim...
...while the Crimson failed in that regard against the Midshipmen—falling apart during Navy’s second late charge—Harvard showed marked improvement just a week later against No. 4 Yale when the Bulldogs attempted to pull off a similar maneuver...
Much of the responsibility for ensuring that the rowers remain focused on their own rhythm apart and not a speeding opponent falls on Kang’s shoulders...