Word: polarize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squat Asians wearing bearskin pants. Outsiders called them Eskimos, a derivation from the derogatory Cree Indian word meaning "eaters of raw meat." They simply called themselves Inuit, human beings, a distinction born not of racial arrogance, but of fact. For centuries, the only other walking mammals that most polar natives met used four legs or flippers. The Inuit were built like nature's thermos bottles, with short arms and legs, and small hands and feet that conserved heat stoked in barrel-like torsos. They ate seal meat and blubber, wiped the grease from their lips with partridge wings...
Harvard simply could not put the ball in the Bowdoin net despite dominating much of the play, passing at will, and in general outhustling the Polar Bears. The Crimson out shot Bowdoin 28 to eight, yet the booters' lone score came on a penalty kick. Many of Harvard's shots on goal were off by just a foot or two, but much of Harvard's inability to tally was due to the outstanding play of Bowdoin netminder Catherine Leitch, the Division II and III All New England goalie, and backs Paula Woods and Donna Bibbo, who always seemed...
Although the Polar Bears are ranked fourth in New England--behind UMass. UConn, and Harvard--Saturday afternoon marked the first time the Crimson has lost Bowdoin in five years. In addition, the contest was Harvard's first overtime defeat in more than a year and a half...
Neither team looked particularly impressive in the first half, as both squads seemed to have difficulty settling down, but Harvard started the second stanza by applying all sorts of pressure on the Polar Bear net. About 15 minutes into the period, Crimson striker Kelly Landry, open in front of the goal slammed a bullet over Leitch's head. The Bowdoin netminder jumped up, fumbled with the ball and just as it seemed that the Crimson had scored, she recovered the rebound...
...fact that it was a late summer afternoon all over that part of the world. Out the window he could see some underwear and fatigues hung out to dry. They moved in the breeze as if this movement-like the movements of ants, bees and geese-had some polar ordination. For a moment he felt himself to be a man of the world, a world to which his responsiveness was marvelous and absurd. She opened her bag and looked for something. 'The army must have been a good preparation for this experience,' she said...