Word: chapman
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Harvard, ranked 20th nationally in a poll taken before the tournament, was the second seed in the field of 16 teams from all across the country. The netmen got by I resno state, 5-4, in the opening round, but then ran into Chapman College...
...inflexible rule of journalese is that American assassins must have three names: John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, Mark David Chapman. This courtesy of a resonant three-part moniker is also applied to other dangerous folk. This is why the "subway vigilante" is "Bernhard Hugo Goetz" to many journalists who consider him a monster, and just plain "Bernhard Goetz" to almost everyone else. Another rule of the language is that euphemisms for "fat" are understood too quickly by the public and are therefore in constant need of replacement. "Jolly," "Rubenesque" and the like have long been abandoned...
Turnovers were the order of the day, however, and this time Gorgoni was the goat, coughing up the ball to Kurt Chapman...
...Gorgoni went from goat to hero in a hurry. The Eliot offense was stymied on three plays, and with Chapman deep in his own end zone to punt, Gorgoni was ready to rush...
Gorgoni took full advantage of the mismatch, sprinting in virtually untouched and blocking Chapman's punt through the end zone for a two-point safety...