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...four important saves over the course of play—the low number a testament to the rarity of Dartmouth opportunities on this soggy day. “Kylie had some really good saves with strong clears,” head coach Sue Caples said. Though the field was damp, the rain held up and permitted the teams to play a full game between showers. In a play following a penalty corner and combining two fakes, freshman Chloe Keating blasted the ball past Dartmouth goalie Ashley Heist to give Harvard a 2-1 lead with six minutes left...
...together solid sequences of play, but they came in spurts. Whether a result of the weather or not, momentum shifted very quickly over the course of the game. “I think we could bring more intensity to games like this,” Mann said. Slick and damp from a morning downpour, the field prevented either team from gaining the upper hand. It was difficult to play quickly on the ground as passes and touches went astray. As a result, both teams ended up resorting to the long ball. “It’s tiring...
...preferred by the American composer Leonard Bernstein, "possessed by the gods." I knew Slava through my father, Lynn Harrell, who belongs to a generation of cellists that inherited an instrument Rostropovich had changed forever. My memory of our meetings is of Slava's effusive affection: from bear hugs to damp kisses on both cheeks. Everyone he met - hotel workers, the Emperor of Japan, even the Pope - left with wet cheeks. Both with and without his instrument, it seemed, it was his goal to touch as many people as possible...
...warehouses to store the city's burgeoning trading wealth. Work on the docks spawned whole new riverside communities in areas such as Silvertown, which flourished for 150 years before fading with the advent in the '70s of container ships too big even for the Thames. But Ackroyd is no damp-eyed nostalgist. In the redevelopment of the Docklands area, where a towering new financial district has grown up and where the old warehouses are now swanky lofts, he sees continuity and a return to the "ancient exuberance and energy" of the Thames...
...plagued the capital all summer. "This had to be the crappiest summer in the history of weather," spat Lionel Martin, a 33 year old salesman taking the last drag of a cigarette before darting into the Metro to escape the chilly drizzle. "Look at this - more clouds, more damp, more cold, just like it's been since June. Talk about an été pourri...