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...when the game begins later that day, Crocker grips the arena net in rapt attention. If you close your eyes and simply listen, you can get a good idea of what’s happening in the polo match: the light pattering of pony feet as they scamper around a throw-in, the thunderous stampeding down the field when everyone is chasing a ball that’s strayed far ahead, or the clanking of mallets and buckling of side boards against horse flesh when the ball falls into the corners...
...Bagnoli said.After dodging another bullet, the Crimson’s offense stalled out. Another three-and-out gave Penn the ball back, and Garton once again devastated Harvard’s defense. Garton carried twice for 29 of his 174 yards on the game, including a 13-yard touchdown scamper that pulled the Quakers within three once again with 4:36 to play.“We knew this kid was athletic,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “We knew that really, as a young quarterback, running was going to be more his forte...
...awesome. It was definitely a team touchdown.” On Harvard’s next drive, the freshman posted his first collegiate run, a 21-yard dash on an end around. And only one quarter later, he added his first collegiate rushing touchdown with a 22-yard scamper on a reverse. Prior to Saturday, Chrissis’ only minutes of his young collegiate carrier had come last weekend after sophomore wideout Chris Lorditch sprained his ankle. “We did what we said we had to do,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said...
...most obviously adaptive evolutionary gifts are probably borne by the lemur, the family of small primates found only on Madagascar. The largest lemur, the indri, has humanlike hands and feet that enable it to scamper up the dense tree branches in Madagascar's few remaining intact forests. The graceful brown lemur bounds effortlessly across openings in the canopy and hangs by its knees to graze on leaves. The dextrous and stealthy white and black sifaka has springlike legs that propel it through the forest like a cat, in quiet, arcing leaps. Watching them move is a mesmerizing experience...
...accept a legacy of a million dollars and walk away, no questions asked, or compete in a global scavenger hunt to find and claim the secret. Of course Amy, who's 14, and Dan, who's 11, take Door No. 2. So do six other teams of Cahills. All scamper off in search of the titular 39 clues, aiding and double-crossing and feuding with each other all the while. The hunt leads them to a lot of exotic locations (Philadelphia! Paris!) where they have subtly educational adventures...