Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McKibben wrote for The New Yorker for several years after leaving Harvard, and it shows. The End of Nature cultivates the quietly lyrical style that is the magazine's trademark. Nowhere is this background more evident than in the closing of the second chapter when McKibben explains why the "green-house effect" is an apt name for the global warming problem...
After holding the Green (5-4-1 overall, 3-1-1 Ivy) to a scoreless first half, the Crimson scored midway through the second session on a Robin Johnston goal aided by a slick dummy play by junior midfielder Tory Fair...
...minutes later, the Green--which came into the game tied with Brown for the league lead--struck back. After a corner kick, Harvard keeper Beth Reilly called Matias off a loose ball to the left of the Crimson net. But Green forward Caitlin Staunton beat her to the ball, sliding through the muddy crease to tap it into the unguarded net. With 10:30 to play, the score was tied...
This time, the Crimson held on to its lead, but not without a few scary moments. Green forward Tracy Hagan trapped a goal kick at the edge of the penalty area, but Reilly stopped her quick shot. With thirty seconds remaining, Reilly was called for handling the ball twice before it cleared the box. But the Green could not take advantage of the unusual violation...
...Crimson kept possession of the ball with a crisp passing game led by Hackeling and a revitalized air attack, led by the high-flying Fair. The aggressive midfielder got her head on almost every goalie punt, both before and after she crashed heads with Green forward Dana Weintraub. Weintraub lay on the field for 10 minutes before walking off with a bloody forehead...