Word: shots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nationally-ranked Minutewomen jumped on Harvard early, scoring five minutes into the first half. Reilly got in front of a blast by UMass forward Kathryn Woodside, but could not control the rebound. A follow-up shot by a sliding Susan Gaudette squirted just under the outstretched arms of the diving Harvard netminder...
Junior stopper Tara Weinstock turned up the pressure first, cranking a shot from 10 yards out that Minutewomen goalie Mary Curtis lunged to deflect. A UMass defender cleared, but Crimson striker Robin Johnston tracked the loose ball down, lofting a shot over Curtis's head toward the far corner of the net. But Curtis leaped back to snag the attempt, landing just short of the goal line...
...myths of yesterday haunt every baseball game today. The Cubs, we all knew, never really had a shot at the pennant this year--not because Clark or Kevin Mitchell overwhelmed the young team. No, Don Zimmer was simply leading his team to its tragic, but, alas, inevitable fate. And in 1986, the Red Sox were just fulfilling their destiny. Bill Buckner isn't to blame; he fell victim to Boston's most powerful force--THE JINX...
Bill Woodley killed his first elephant at 16. By 19 he had shot 150 tuskers and lived as a professional ivory hunter. Today, at 60, he is the elephant's staunchest protector, leading the desperate war against poachers in Kenya's Tsavo National Park. "They say once an elephant hunter, always an elephant hunter," says Woodley. "But I've spent the past 41 years hunting poachers." The difference, he observes wryly, is that "poachers shoot back...
...Panama Canal by 1999. At year's end administration of the Canal Commission is supposed to be turned over to a Panamanian official. But some Congressmen, led by Helms, are demanding that the new administrator be confirmed by the Senate. One name has been floated -- and Helms has already shot it down...