Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Maroons exhibited superior passing throughout, but were also unable to capitalize on their opportunities until DiStefano hit the back of the net off teammate Anne Peabody's penalty corner. Five minutes and many pleading cheers from the Crimson bench later, the game was over and Harvard's record had dropped...
...Harvard activity in the vicinity of the Columbia goal. But Crimson left wing Alberto Villar, back in action this year after being sidelined last year with a rare tropical disease that inhibited his ability to sweat, fooled McElaney with a long, right-footed hook to the upper right hand corner of the nets for a 1-0 lead...
...announce a "great historic event, the birth of a new state." At his side stood Chief Patrick Mphephu, 54, a small, diffident man with a fifth-grade education, who was soon to become the Executive President of the Republic of Venda, a Delaware-sized region tucked in the northeast corner of South Africa. As Venda's new four-color flag fluttered in the breeze overhead, Mphephu told his fellow citizens, "We must be prepared to preserve and defend this newly won dream...
...world seem far away. Yes, work must be done; but first, perhaps, a spin in the cabin cruiser? A workman arrives to fix the pool; he must be invited in for a glass of wine. The three Pavarotti daughters wander through, or his wife Adua settles in a corner; an interlude of familial chatting and joking is irresistible...
...zone until almost 20 minutes had passed in the first half. Alberto Billar, back in action this year after being sidelined last fall by a rare tropical disease that would not allow him to sweat, opened the scoring with a long, right-footed shot from the upper left hand corner of the penalty box. McElaney elected to let the shot go, expecting to take a goal kick, but a pronounced hook grazed the ball off the post and into...