Word: rain
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...Mount Ampato (elev. 20,700 ft.), in what is now southern Peru, knowing that her life would come to an end at the summit. Her sacrifice, considered the greatest honor her people could bestow, would appease the mountain god--the source of good fortune (in the form of rain to bless the crops) and terror (snowstorms, earthquakes and avalanches) to Inca culture. Did she march bravely to the center of the ceremonial platform, or was she dragged there in a drugged stupor? Was she killed by the priests who brought her, or was she left to die from exposure, cold...
Their faces told the tale. Splashed with mud, pelted with rain, sweating, shivering, laughing, yelling--these faces glowed, positively glowed, through a cold, gray afternoon last Sunday...
These are veterans, after all, people who have slogged through mud and rain, and so much else, to experience sweet victory. They did it last weekend, and one gets the definite sense that they remain hungry for more...
...last time these two franchises met was way back in 1948, when the Indians of Bob Feller and Lou Boudreau beat the then Boston Braves of "Spahn and Sain, and pray for rain," four games to two. (Since then, the Indians have made one more trip to the Series--they lost to the Giants in '54--while the Braves have gone four times, winning in '57, but losing in '58, '91 and '92.) During the '95 season, Maddux and Belle were so astounding that they took baseball history deep--deeper even than...
Individually, the Crimson was lead by sophomore Suzanne Ranere, who shot a 98 in the rain-drenched first round before turning in a more impressive 89 in the second round. The 187 two-day total was good enough to place her in a tie for 40th in a field of over 80 golfers...