Word: grab
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...race, the 200 freestyle, and Crimson swimmers finished fourth, fifth, and sixth in the event. Harvard’s distance swimmers set the mark for the squad, as evidenced by their 1-2-3 finish in the 1650 yard freestyle. Junior Sam Wollner narrowly edged teammate Eric Lynch to grab first, and freshman Alex Meyer rounded out the top three. Wollner and Lynch notched NCAA provisional marks in the event. In addition, the duo continued their domination in the 500 yard freestyle. This time, Lynch snuck in .02 seconds ahead of Wollner for a strong top two finish. Meyer...
...game against Ivy-rival Cornell (8-11, 4-2 Ivy), sophomore forward Emma Moretzsohn singlehandedly redefined the word with an impressive performance. Moretzsohn needed only twelve minutes on the floor to record the first double-double of her young career.She notched 18 points to lead all players and grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds to pace the Crimson’s Ivy road win. And to top it off, Moretzsohn also dropped eight of her 18 points over the final three minutes of the second period.Her singular performance stood in stark contrast to the player who stepped onto the court...
...that very moment Meiping's cat, Fluffy, tore through the kitchen door, jumped on the man's leg and sank his teeth into the man's calf. Screaming with pain, the man hopped wildly on one leg, trying to shake the cat off. The others also tried to grab Fluffy, but the agile cat ran out of the house and climbed onto his favorite branch of the magnolia tree. From this safe perch, Fluffy looked at us and mewed. The wounded man was almost demented. He dashed to the tree and shook it. Fluffy hopped up to a higher branch...
...bloodied penitents stumble from the circles, others rush in to grab their places. Flails are handed off to newcomers, and the crowd surges to enfold the wounded with scarves that become souvenirs, rendered holy by the blood of living martyrs. Throughout the day, waves of barebacked young men enter the circles, and then return to the crowd bleeding and triumphant...
...When it's bad out," said Kathy Ford, pregnant and holding Tramaine, 2, on her lap, "I don't go out to the store for milk. Or sometimes I grab his hand and say, 'Come on, Tramaine, walk fast.'" The regular sounds of shooting used to upset the little boy. "It was 'What those shots, Mommy?' and 'Him was killed? Who dead?'" said Kathy, a fashionably dressed 19-year-old, imitating her son. These days, though, little Tramaine has grown accustomed to the gunfire; when it begins, he ignores it. Sonja, who has childhood friends now in the gangs, cannot...