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...lusty cry that roused the Highlanders of ancient Scotland for battle was called a sluagh-gairm. A combination of the Gaelic words for host and cry, this rallying shout became slogorne in English and was over generations altered into sluggorne, slughorn, slogurn and other variants, including slogen. From that came the modern word that embraces those catch phrases, mottoes, aphorisms and partisan whoops that are continually coined and used by every segment of society, from politicians to Boy Scouts to terrorists. Slogans are, in fact, as common as chitchat...
Seven years later, the Islanders have carved up every other team in hockey and the fans come to root for them. Lately there is a lot to shout about. With slightly less than half of the season to play, the Islanders have the best record in the N.H.L. (32 wins, 6 ties and only 9 losses). The biggest ovations are reserved for the scoring pyrotechnics of the best forward line in the game, Center Bryan Trottier, Right Wing Mike Bossy and Left Wing Clark Gillies...
Tanks and troops continued to patrol city streets at night, but thousands of protesters defied the 9 o'clock curfew to go to rooftops and shout their chilling chant: "The Shah must die." Even whispering that slogan would once have provoked a visit by a SAVAK agent. Names, addresses and phone numbers of secret police agents are now posted on city walls. Some parents have taken their children to grisly museums of past horrors: two houses in the capital that were allegedly used by SAVAK to torture victims. Along with the fighting that has now touched virtually every corner...
...best remembered moment, of course, came at the Garden on May 10, 1970, when he wristed a Stanley Cupwinning shot past Glenn Hall of St. Louis after 40 seconds of overtime, and then sailed gleefully through the air, his stick upraised and his mouth opened in a shout of happiness as the arena erupted...
True, Harvard's record doesn't reflect much to shout about; but without question, the Crimson is playing a better brand of ball since McLaughlin arrived 18 months ago. The schedule is also a great deal tougher...