Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quick start allowed the Crimson to play more passively as it ran into the course's most challenging section, holes three through five. This stretch of four consecutive par fours, all of which measure over 400 yards, represented the most fearsome test on the golf course...
Zimmer's goal started a six-goal run for the Big Green which lasted the remainder of the half. While Dartmouth dominated play, Harvard was victimized most by its own mistakes. Four of the Big Green's six goals in this stretch came directly after three-second violations...
While the Beanpot may provide a special motivation, every game is important as the Crimson begins the home stretch in its quest to return to the NCAAs...
...scene is irresistible: smiling children in colorful clothes running and playing while behind them, green rice paddies stretch to distant mountains illuminated by a splash of sunshine off the gilded dome of a Buddhist temple. It is hard to imagine how this scene could be the latest weapon of a despotic military regime which continues to rule the Southeast Asian nation of Burma. But the scene is as dangerous as it is irresistible...
...sneakers past winded trekkers while carrying huge boxes and packs. Today is the fair, and the menfolk have gathered to barter for goods while women sit in circles, gossiping and sharing home-brewed chicha, or corn beer. We hike above the straw-roofed adobe huts, along the terraces that stretch across the face of the slope and 1,000 feet up, as impressive as any of the more frequently visited ruins. Clouds dip in over the peaks across the valley as I sit listening to my guide speak of growing up as an Indian under the hacienda system, a form...