Word: glassing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...timeout, the Crimson locked the Tigers down defensively, getting the stops it needed, and, more importantly, turned those into conversions on the offensive end.Back in possession, sophomore Dan McGeary drove the lane but came up empty. Junior forward Evan Harris was there to clean the glass, though, and score two to bring the Crimson to within four. Then, Harris came up big again, immediately intercepting Princeton’s long-pass attempt to break the Harvard full-court press with 1:20 to play. Housman then drove the lane and missed a short jumper, but Harris was there yet again...
...Crimson had a 42-34 margin on the glass Saturday night, but the Quakers again burned Harvard on the offensive glass, snagging 21 offensive rebounds and converting 25 second-chance points...
...can’t say that I am elated by the silence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues have received during this long and hard-fought race—a race so often touted for breaking glass ceilings. I can’t help but worry that this silence is the product of apathy among progressives in the fight to end homophobia rather than a sea change in America’s opinion of LGBT people and their “lifestyles...
...Getting the ball to the rim and rebounding it off the glass will be a point of emphasis,” Amaker said. “And if we don’t stand firm and hold our ground then it’s going to make for a long night...
...went to an area of Adhamiyah, a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in northern Baghdad, full of internally displaced people, or IDPs in humanitarian lingo. For some of his colleagues who had been in the country a year it was one of their very first such visits. Through the thick glass he could see the different living arrangements of the IDPs, some living in middle-class housing, others living in ramshackle buildings made of cement, wood or U.N. tents. But, says Crowley, "I wasn't able to get out of the armored...