Word: scream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...occasion a little girl asked volunteer Dorie Beaumont, "What if your mom meets your dad at a bar, has drinks and comes home and beats you up?" Beaumont recalls, "She seemed so calm. I was trying to stay calm. Suddenly she yelled, 'Here she comes!' I heard this awful scream, and the phone slammed down...
...most homes empty and phones out of order in many neighborhoods, the locals have been arming themselves against the influx of thieves. Cynthia Hitt's husband bought her a .22-cal. pistol for Christmas; she bought him a .30-30 rifle. "What if something happens? You can't scream for a neighbor, and until recently there weren't any phones to call the cops," she says...
...fans--who sang "Auld Lang Syne" after every Harvard goal--it was entertainment. Every time Harvard defender Frank Bazos came near the puck, his friends would scream "FRANK!" Amos Tuck loyalists would rhythmically rattle the plexiglass surrounding the rink for each Dartmouth score. John Cullinane, Sr. watched his son and namesake play hockey for the first time in ten years. Sue McHugh sold T-shirts, helped out with the scoreboard and watched her husband tend the Harvard goal...
Varma's inaccuracies pale, though, in comparison to Michael K. Mayo's editorial ripping into Harvard's fans. Mayo claims that our fans "can barely spit out a 'Rah.'" in fact, he says that Harvard "rahs its way into silence" while "Boston College students scream along with their band, Northeastern fans sing their team's praises to the rafters and Boston University spectators nearly bring the Garden balcony to the floor." Mayo demeans the effort of every one of the students who went to the game. The editorial is filled with factual errors. His comments regarding the Boston College...
...would hope that hockey's wild nature would stirs some alums and quiet undergrads to decisive action. Next year, Harvard fans, hang that terrier out to dry. Don't just shame B.U. fans on the ice. Try pummeling them with water balloons. Fight back, and scream your loudest negative cheers. Don't let your energy wane as your diploma yellows...