Word: crowd
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...massive crowd was silent for a moment, as incoming co-captain Lizzy Nichols lined up for her penalty kick. As she put cleat to ball, the crowd began to shout. When the shot ripped the upper nineties, it roared. When the swarm of students sprinted onto the field, it became pure bedlam, and deservedly so. Nichols’ penalty-kick goal with nine seconds left in double overtime not only won the game, 2-1, for the Crimson, but more importantly, it secured an Ivy title. Were it not for that goal, a tie would have resulted, handing Princeton...
Owner Matthew Wallace said that the new location’s purpose was to expand (of course), as well as draw some of the crowd away from the other location. “This new location’s aim is to be more family oriented, as well as stroller and handicap friendly. Our old location was mostly frequented by Harvard students, and more convenient for Harvard students. A lot of families that lived near by had to come pretty...
Owner Matthew Wallace said that the new location’s purpose was to expand (of course), as well as draw some of the crowd away from the other location. “This new location’s aim is to be more family oriented, as well as stroller and handicap friendly. Our old location was mostly frequented by Harvard students, and more convenient for Harvard students. A lot of families that lived near by had to come pretty...
...Padel was named Oxford University's Professor of Poetry, following in the footsteps of such literary giants as Matthew Arnold, Cecil Day-Lewis, W.H. Auden, Robert Graves and Seamus Heaney. Yet even in this illustrious company, there was something that distinguished Padel from the crowd: she was the first woman to win election to the five-year post since its creation...
...erected an archway over the entrance bearing the words "Martyrs of the Race Course." On May 1, 1865, some 10,000 black Charleston residents, white missionaries, teachers, schoolchildren and Union troops marched around the Planters' Race Course, singing and carrying armfuls of roses. Gathering in the graveyard, the crowd watched five black preachers recite scripture and a children's choir sing spirituals and "The Star-Spangled Banner." While the story is largely forgotten today, some historians consider the gathering the first Memorial Day. (See the photo essay "Our World...