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...Crimson played what was arguably its best defensive game of the season, stealing the ball from Columbia 16 times and forcing 23 Lion turnovers...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Make Lions Cower, 84-63 | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...Lysniak (22 points) was the hottest Lion, but the senior forward was prevented from netting a field goal for the first 15 minutes of the second half by the persistent defensive play of juniors Nancy Cibotti and Hayes...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Women Cagers Make Lions Cower, 84-63 | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...named Hyinka dreamed that when she went into the forest for firewood, a Cape buffalo attacked her and she tried to push her down with his horns. She could neither run nor scream. The buffalo pushed her into the water with his nose. Memusi had a dream about a lion's attacking and biting, and she tried to scream but could not. Lekerenka could not scream, either, when bitten in his dreams by a spitting cobra. He woke up crawling on the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...York City might be that the beasts of primal fantasy live just outside the Masai huts. The Masai reside, so to speak, in the psychic forest, where the wild things are. The beasts there were not invented by an illustrator. They are the originals. The lion roars in the Masai's sleep, and roars when the Masai awakes as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...family kept their goats at night was covered with a grid of heavy wire. When a visitor wondered about it, Moses explained, "Leopard comes at night to take the goat." Around every Masai enk'ang is built a sturdy fence of thorn and cedar to keep the lions out. One day, walking in the forest, Moses shouldered an enormous slab of cedar to add to his boma. "The lion makes me do a lot of work," he remarked. Sometimes the barricades do not hold, and the Masai wake to the bawl and crashing of cattle as the lion struggles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

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