Word: quakerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mere words socialism and communism," wrote George Orwell 62 years ago, "draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex maniac, Quaker, 'Nature Cure' quack, pacifist and feminist in England." Today it is the bogeymen of globalization and world trade that bring out their own kooky crowd. There they were in Seattle last week: Zapatistas, anti-Nike-ites, butterfly defenders. They joined steelworkers and the Sierra Club, Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan in a giant anti-trade jamboree...
...defense came up big and held off the Quaker attack in the second half, only to fall once again on last-minute offensive heroics. In front of thousands of screaming fans celebrating Senior Day, Ben Green, Jeff Svicarovich and Aron Natale quietly finished their home careers...
...finals match was the culmination of a run that included a pin of Quaker Brett Vanderveer in forty-three seconds and an 11-10 victory in the semi-finals over Cornell's Dean Doyle...
...first goal came when sophomore goalie Dan Mejias saved one shot from midfielder Michael McElwan, but could not grab a rebound shot by Quaker midfielder Nathan Kennedy. Mejias started the first game of his Harvard career after the Crimson's usual starting keeper, Meagher, suffered a concussion in a mid-week practice...
Stunned, the Crimson defense never regained its focus, and let up a second goal off of another Quaker cross from deep in Harvard's end. This time the centering pass came from the left side and found senior forward Reginald Veal moving across the goal mouth towards the near post. Veal flicked the ball with his left foot to the right side of the net and beat Mejias, who was moving the other...