Word: closing
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...when the game begins later that day, Crocker grips the arena net in rapt attention. If you close your eyes and simply listen, you can get a good idea of what’s happening in the polo match: the light pattering of pony feet as they scamper around a throw-in, the thunderous stampeding down the field when everyone is chasing a ball that’s strayed far ahead, or the clanking of mallets and buckling of side boards against horse flesh when the ball falls into the corners...
...first chukker, the power play between Nick and Charlie Hutchinson, UConn’s leading player, makes immediately clear that the two teams are closely matched; the seven-and-a-half minutes end with UConn in a one-goal lead. But in the second chukker, Harvard loses its close follow, racking up multiple crossing violations and missing several foul shots. By the chukker’s end, Harvard is four goals behind UConn—not a good place for a team that had seen itself at least on par with UConn in previous games...
...really couldn’t be more happy with the way things are going and the most rewarding thing for me is seeing the kids who are really dedicated,” Nick says. “Not one of these kids would ever have done anything close to this. That’s what’s rewarding—that’s what I like...
...ever told: Your back hair doesn’t bother me at all. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I love the smell of gasoline. Favorite childhood activity: Playing in the rain. Sexiest physical trait: My fingers, but my ankles are a close second. Best part about Harvard: The Eliot dining hall staff. Worst part about Harvard: Discovering that there is someone better than me at everything. Describe yourself in 3 words: No verbal filter. In 15 minutes you are: Practicing my cougar moves on unsuspecting Harvard freshmen. In 15 years you are: Practicing my cougar...
...suspended. Either way, he went on to found a small rebel group called the Tamil New Tigers in 1972. Three years later, Prabhakaran assassinated the mayor of Jaffna, a northern Sri Lankan province, by walking up to him outside of a Hindu temple and shooting him at close-range. In 1976, the Tamil New Tigers were redubbed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a name it holds to this day. (Watch TIME's video of civilians caught in the Sri Lankan civil...