Word: bladeful
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...headwind, which meant the boat was copping a bit of flak,” said sophomore Tom Fleming, the five-seat whose oar was lost. “Around the 1000-meter mark, as we started to push ahead of Brown, I noticed that bits were falling off my blade. I managed to take about another 10 to 15 strokes before, unfortunately, the blade simply broke in two because of the pressure forced on the oar without something to leverage against...
...best-performing athlete and the best players," says Cindy Davis, U.S. general manager for Nike Golf. "Starting at the top of the pyramid allowed us to draft off that credibility to appeal to other golfers." Nike followed that line with the more forgiving Slingshot series, which again innovated blade design and accommodated the imperfect swings of the average duffer...
...movie is handsomely dark, like that spate of '80s dystopian fantasy epics (Blade Runner, The Keep, Labyrinth). The sun really is blotted out; all the fights seem to take place at dusk. In fact, the whole movie looks awfully sooty. Maybe it's really a commentary on the Industrial Revolution...
Thwack. Almost every time he hit a long iron, Charlie McPhee would hear the dread sound of a golf ball headed for trouble. Thwack. Instead of hitting the ball solidly in the blade's sweet spot, he would catch it slightly forward, on his club's toe. "I was sick of hearing that sound," he says. "I would hear it in my sleep...
...institution that has already survived for over 360 years will probably stick around for a while—and so will that Harvard tattoo you’re considering plastering on your ass. For Joseph K. Cooper ’07, the Veritas shield that adorns his shoulder blade is more than just a way to show off in the locker room and at the beach. “I view tattoos as a way to commemorate things you’re proud of,” says Cooper, who also served in the military...