Word: chants
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...second mishap's timing clearly rattled the team, which looked jittery on the first few events of the afternoon. In the end, the U.S. safely qualified for the team final Wednesday 1.475 points behind China, and Americans Shawn Johnson (the only member of the team to draw a chant of "U-S-A, U-S-A" with her balance beam routine) and Nastia Liukin sit in first and second place in the individual all-around competition - but getting there was a bit of a tumble...
...Most Enthusiastic Fans: The Twihards, devout readers of Stephenie Meyer's series of vampire books, Twilight, were the loudest and proudest in Hall H, starting a Twilight chant while they waited, shrieking anytime a cast member, Meyer or director Catherine Hardwicke said anything, and asking lots of questions about vampire hotness. After the panel was over, so many Twihards rushed the movie's booth that fire marshals briefly closed it down. Fanboys, don't look back. The fangirls are gaining on you fast...
...core of the Soka Gakkai practice is the chanting of the phrase nam myoho renge kyo - "I devote myself to the mystic law of the Lotus Sutra" - but it is otherwise stripped of mysticism or ascetic self-denial. It teaches a mix of personal affirmation, positive thinking, and the basic Buddhist principles of peace and non-violence. Saurabh Popli, a lanky, 34-year-old architect, says he found in Soka Gakkai "a philosophy that can help us navigate these incredibly complex lives that we're living." He adds, "It doesn't require me to live in the mountains...
...think it best to thank all of Harvard’s athletes in my final column—a group I doubted in 2004, as I thought longingly of Adrian Peterson’s brilliant touchdown runs in the late Oklahoma summer.I’ll always chant Boomer Sooner (even after the last two Fiesta Bowls), but another group of Crimson-clad athletes has earned my respect, fanship, and friendship. Congratulations on a job splendidly done, on the field and off of it.—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait can be reached at aidantait@gmail.com...
...over six feet tall, he’s like the big goofy friend everyone loved growing up. “I’ve been this height since I was twelve,” he said. “Kids used to stand around me in a circle and chant ‘Ride the Oaf, Ride the Oaf,’ but even then I thought that that was hilarious… I guess I just see life funny.” In high school, Segel was a state championship basketball player with a slight interest in theater...