Word: savannah
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...story is narrated by an old man named Hardy Greaves, who was a boy when the legend of Bagger Vance first surfaced. Hardy grew up idolizing Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon '92), the pride of Savannah, Georgia who, prior to going off to war, was one of the most promising golfers in the South-as well as being engaged to the beautiful Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron), the daughter of a rich entrepeneur who owned the luxurious Krewe Island Golf Resort. All good things must come to an end, as Junuh's picture-perfect life is shattered by the horrors of World...
...Haworth busted the gender barrier a couple years ago in her hometown of Savannah, Ga., to the amazement of the local Y chromosomes. Men and teenage boys are, in fact, her biggest fans. At 17 this high school senior is already the world's best junior weight lifter, and she aims to be Olympic champion. "She's the best woman lifter I've ever seen," says her coach, Mike Cohen, a former Olympian who now runs Team Savannah, one of the country's top weight-lifting centers...
Haworth busted the gender barrier a couple years ago in her hometown of Savannah, Ga., to the amazement of the local Y chromosomes. Men and teenage boys are, in fact, her biggest fans. At 17 this high school senior is already the world's best junior weight lifter, and she aims to be Olympic champion. "She's the best woman lifter I've ever seen," says her coach, Mike Cohen, a former Olympian who now runs Team Savannah, one of the country's top weight-lifting centers...
...creative family of six got press credentials for the "Savannah Tribune," camping out in the press rows and proudly waving their passes. The Harvard News Office had bought the story that all six were working on a feature, following around a student from the beginning...
...largest remaining cheetah population--about 3,000--inhabits the harshly beautiful savannah of Namibia in southwest Africa. That's where conservation biologist Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, hopes to ensure the great cat's survival. She sees it as a test case of whether human development and wildlife habitats can coexist. "If we can save the cheetah here," says Marker, "we are talking about saving an entire ecosystem. We can save the world...