Word: stacking
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...unexpected lesson in the power of the U.S. dollar during a visit to Tashkent, the dreary capital of Uzbekistan, several years back. While heading into town from the airport, my babbling taxi driver kept one hand (barely) on the steering wheel while his other shoved a stack of local currency, the som, into my face. He insistently urged me to trade the money for dollars. After checking in at the grim Hotel Uzbekistan, a nattily clad porter showed me and my wife to a room, fiddled with a broken TV set, and then reached into his jacket pockets for large...
It’s taken a little while, but consider the Harvard baseball team comfortably settled on the broad shoulders of senior right fielder Tom Stack-Babich...
...early swinging strikeout left fans wondering if Stack-Babich would ever find the groove to makes him a force in the batter’s box, but the right-fielder dispelled concerns by blasting two hits against the Crusaders, including a mammoth two-run shot over the centerfield fence. Holy Cross pitchers also hit the slugger twice, allowing Stack to reach base in four of his five plate appearences...
...Everyone knows Stack is a great hitter,” Douglas said. “When he gets his pitch he can drive it over the fence on any swing. We’re expecting him to continue to contribute for us. He can explode at any time, really, so it’s good having him in the lineup...
...Stack-Babich added to his resurgence at the plate by flashing the leather in the outfield. The right fielder recorded the first and last outs of the ninth inning in spectacular fashion—chasing down a ball to make a spectacular sliding catch in foul territory, before gunning down a runner at the plate to preserve the deficit...