Word: clocking
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...thought we turned it over in the open court and had no chance of defending against our turnovers.”Yale capped the run in a big way. With the Crimson in possession with less than 30 seconds to play, freshman guard T.J. Carey let the clock dwindle down so that Harvard could get the last shot. Carey attempted an entry pass into the lane with six seconds remaining, but it was intercepted by the Bulldogs’ Travis Pinick.On the fast break, Pinick found Yale senior guard Eric Flato open behind the three-point line, and Flato sunk...
...country. During the day, the soldiers had no choice but to bake in the open sun in 120 degree heat as they tried to conserve the three or four liters of water per man they had carried in. And, since they were either traveling or conducting surveillance around the clock, no one was allowed to sleep more than 15 minutes at a time. "By the second day, I could barely stand," said Redfern. Some soldiers began administering hydrating IVs to each other just to stay mobile and fend off headaches. By sunup of the fourth day, the ailing group holed...
...months ago, I was convinced that my husband had lost his mind. Preparing to leave for his job as a Wall Street accountant one morning, he wore his usual crisp black suit, a BlackBerry in his pocket and a new accessory: an unkempt 8 o'clock shadow. "I am growing a beard," he explained. "They are sooo in right...
...Backtrack, again—there are some things you need to know about me. Every winter, I change my clock forward a single hour and fall into a total despair. I lie in bed eating Dove Promises and wondering when the goddamn sun will come back out. After years of trying to pin the blame for this behavior on outside forces—El Niño! our economic situation!—it was this winter that I finally accepted the fact that I’m a victim of Seasonal Affective Disorder...
...defense for the last 14 seconds. Penn called three timeouts during the game’s last possession, deciding finally on an inbounds play under the basket with three seconds left. The pass floated long, and—fittingly—Tay scooped it up and ran the clock out before throwing the ball triumphantly in the air. “[I was thinking] ‘Sprint as fast as you can and run away from the girl,’” Tay said of her game-clinching steal. The Quakers put together their finest game...