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...darkness fell on April 12, Captain Richard Phillips was bound at gunpoint on a lifeboat bobbing in the Indian Ocean, held hostage by a band of Somali pirates who had attacked his container ship five days earlier. Saving Phillips' life meant taking out his three captors in as many shots--which the Navy SEAL snipers who rescued him managed to do from the swaying fantail of a destroyer 75 ft. (about 25 m) away. It was just "a day at the office" for the élite fighting force, as author and Vietnam-era SEAL Dick Couch said...
...another two goals in the back of the net, recording her 11th hat trick of the season. After Cornell tied the score back up at three, the Crimson rallied to gain a five-goal lead with a little more then 12 minutes remaining in the first half. Junior tri-captain Sara Flood added two goals for Harvard, while captain Shannon Flynn, freshman Tyler Petropulos, and Martin each notched a tally in the five-goal streak. Halpern and freshman Katie Doherty each recorded an assist over the course of Harvard’s run, while the other three goals were unassisted...
...more, hurling a complete game in the first contest before coming in to save the nightcap. “We went to Dartmouth with a goal to put ourselves in a really good position for [Sunday], and that’s exactly what we did,” co-captain Hayley Bock said. “Mission accomplished.”HARVARD 6, DARTMOUTH 3For the second time in as many games, Harvard found itself trailing heading into the top of the sixth. This time, it was junior Melissa Schellberg who came up with the big hit, blasting...
...game at Harvard Stadium this year, the Crimson (7-5, 2-3 Ivy) led the Bulldogs (5-7, 1-5 Ivy) throughout the contest and pulled away late, winning, 13-8, and ensuring a record over .500.“It was just a great win,” captain Max Mottschwiller said. “We needed to get this one for a lot of reasons, for the season and for the seniors.”The offense was led by freshman attacker Jeff Cohen. After a career-best six goals last week against Holy Cross, Cohen tallied five...
...like to think. Sure, we occasionally eat trayless lunches in the dining hall or hold events with fancy banners promoting sustainability and speeches by the likes of Al Gore ’69. At times, the rhetoric can even come off as something out of the show Captain Planet: we claim to reduce carbon emissions and conserve energy, all to save the earth. Yet our efforts to be heroic often come up short...