Word: knee
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...After giving his legs a full stretch, McGonagle takes off on the next lap, giving it a go with cadets more than two decades his junior. Karwowski, who shattered his knee playing football with a group of cadets only a couple of years ago, is already on the track...
...hatred of recruiting originated at the Phoenix Club. Standing in knee-deep snow, I was attempting to explain how my hometown neighbor used to baby-sit the cousin of a former member. As I was told “no” for the fourth time that night, a group of water polo recruits struts in, no questions asked. I trundle back to Pennypacker, where my proctor is pouring my roommate’s alcohol down the sink...
...shutout was that it indicated a return to normalcy after a pair of tough weekends for the Harvard netminder. Kessler—who has a 0.93 goals against average—had allowed two scores in each of her last four games. Her struggles were amplified by a sore knee that kept her out of practice on several occasions, throwing her off from her weekly routine.“Two weeks ago I was almost out for the whole week,” Kessler said. “I think I practiced on Thursday then tried to jump...
...recharge the Bears, who jumped ahead by double digits again almost immediately after the break.Harvard played with a much deeper lineup than usual, as nine players saw 10 or more minutes.Captain Brad Unger ran into foul trouble early and junior Drew Housman saw fewer minutes because of some nagging knee pains, opening the door for players like Blankenau and junior Cem Dinc to see the ball more than usual. They both became key contributors in the surge that nearly earned a Crimson lead deep into the second half. Dinc knocked in both of his field goal attempts and Blankenau sank...
...feel comfortable or fashionable walking around with Max Donelan's invention strapped to your knee. The bulky 3.5-lb. (1.6 kg) gadget "is not that pleasant," says Arthur Kuo, a biomedical engineer at the University of Michigan, who co-wrote an article on the brace that appeared in Science last month. But Donelan's device pays off in other ways. Using the same principles that allow hybrid cars to recycle energy created in braking, braces worn on both knees can generate 5 watts of electricity by harvesting the energy inherent in a walker's stride. That may not sound like...