Word: mudding
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...plastic sheets; small blue tents had been set up for dozens of orphans. Field kitchens were preparing high-protein rice gruel for the starving, while field hospitals tended to the sick, some of whom were laid out on mats on the muddy ground. Women were bathing their babies in mud puddles. Though latrines had been dug, most of the refugees were too ill or too weary to use them. "They defecate where they stand or where they sleep," said one UNICEF official...
...enmity between the two peoples. The Vietnamese have long regarded the Cambodians as treacherous barbarians who had the impudence to revolt against their domination in 1840. Observed Minh Mang, the Vietnamese emperor at the time: "We helped the Cambodians when they were suffering and lifted them out of the mud. Now they are rebellious. I am so angry that my hair stands upright. Hundreds of knives should be used against them, to chop them up, to dismember them...
Although the mud drastically cut down Harvard's speed, the Crimson's style of hitting long chip shots up to the forward line to get into scoring position proved more effective than Brown's style of working up the field on short passes. With very few exceptions, the Bruins' short shots died yards in front of the intended receiver and were open to anyone...
Brown finally notched a goal at 34:54--its first in its last four games with Harvard--Michelle Mosher emerged from the mud in front of the goal and banged a shot home...
...outplayed on the second half Harvard retaliated, icing its win at 43:12 when Kelly Bryan's shot on goal stopped in the mud about six feet from Brown goalie Priscilla Duffy. The abrupt stop caused a delay in Duffy's reactions and gave Harvard junior Sue St. Louis time to flick the ball up and out of the soup, making the final score...