Word: ironic
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...Saturday, Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” blared from the speakers at Blodgett Pool after freshman Patrick Morrissey anchored the closing 200-yard freestyle relay to complete the grueling individual task of swimming every event of the day’s contest...
...Harvard dominated the meet at every turn, the team’s focus shifted almost entirely to Morrissey’s quest to complete his laborious task. The Iron Man tradition is passed down each year to one freshman, who must swim in each race at the last dual meet of the season...
...liked his story on the sport of Extreme Ironing, described by its inventor, Phil ?Steam? Shaw of Leicester, England, as ?the latest outdoor activity that combines the thrill of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.? At the Extreme Ironing World Championships in Munich two years ago, athletes competed in five events: forestry, rock-wall, aquatics, vehicular and freestyle. With the tilted gaze of a visionary, Steam has eyes on the 2008 Olympics: ?If they can have synchronized swimming, why can?t they have Extreme Ironing?? His friend, Matthew ?Starch? Patrick, remains skeptical: ?I wouldn...
With four minutes gone by in the third and BC on the power play looking to draw even, Shannon blasted a shot from straight on off the left post—the Eagles’ fourth effort to clank off the iron. The puck ricocheted off Fields’ skate before skimming just inches wide of the twine...
...Geobacter has an even more remarkable talent. Just as the microbes can give electrons to iron, they will gladly donate them to an electrode, which creates an electrical current. Navy researchers first observed "electrified" sea muck in 2000. From this, Lovley's lab has corralled Geobacter into sediment batteries that could be powering battlefield electronics within a year...