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...Local organizations are tough to vet, but they have a certain appeal. Big international charities often have to work through a host country's government, which may have an agenda of its own (suppressing separatists in Aceh, to use Indonesia as an example). If you prefer a local charity, stick to those that have partnered with more well-known organizations, suggests Eric Thurman, CEO of Geneva Global, a group that hooks up wealthy American donors with charities abroad. For example, leads is a Sri Lankan relief group that has worked with Tearfund, a British umbrella group. Another possible route: contacting...
...impossible epiphanies. A royal barge revolves on a placid sea; a boat rocks wildly and sinks; a woman plunges 70 ft. and is dragged back up; a beach suddenly comes to life with an acrobatic starfish and contortionist crabs; a forest of metal tubes features a giant stick bug, a scorpion and an 80-ft. snake; a tepee turns into a man-powered flying machine; actors scale a sheer cliff, an icy mountain--all onstage...
...Dartmouth players realize what’s about to happen. The defenders struggle to pull her down, to knock away her stick, to take away the puck. But they don’t. They can’t. Nicole Corriero is too strong, too determined. She’s in front of Lane now. The defenders won’t let her wind up for a shot. They prevent her from making much of move. But it doesn’t matter. Corriero decided some 13 seconds ago when the game became tied and the Dartmouth crowd came back...
Corriero skated on with the puck on a string. The defenders’ struggle and Lane’s angle took away any chance of a clear shot. But they hadn’t taken away her intent to score. Keeping her full force behind the stick, she propelled the puck forward, wedging against Lane before popping up, hitting off Corriero’s shoulder and bouncing into the net for the game-winning goal...
...last-minute goal was hardly Corriero’s only tally of the night—she also notched the game-winner in the last minute of the second period. After driving in towards the net with the puck, she kept her stick on ice, wedged the puck against her opponent’s stick and got a lucky bounce up and off of her shoulder to get the goal...