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When Zach Talraas saw a white van with flashing red lights barreling toward his Humvee, he held fire. A gentle press of his thumb on the red rubber trigger of his Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher could have incinerated the incoming vehicle. But the 20 year-old army private held off. "Emergency vehicles," he says, "are supposed to be exempt...
...especially so because of the Crimson heroics it spoiled. Had the Harvard lead held up, everyone would be talking about the grit of Kolarik, who won the title game in double overtime last season while playing with a broken thumb and was a last-minute addition to the lineup after missing all or part of the last five games with two different injuries...
While not as dramatic as his game-winning shot in double overtime versus Cornell a year ago, all done with a broken thumb, Kolarik’s return to the lineup provided a needed spark. And while that spark did not ignite a Crimson victory, it signals good things about the week ahead...
...this point, the Iraq TV interviewer, who seems to be in green military uniform (but whose face is off camera), begins asking the soldier questions. As he puts the Iraq TV mike to the soldier's mouth, the interviewer applies his thumb and forefinger to the soldier's head to steady it for the camera. Then to make his face more visible, the interviewer uses his hands to lift the soldier's head up, and eventually the soldier sits up on his own steam. He appears relatively calm and the questioning goes like this...
...especially so because of the Crimson heroics it spoiled. Had the Harvard lead held up, everyone would be talking about the grit of Kolarik, who won the title game in double overtime last season while playing with a broken thumb and was a last-minute addition to the lineup on Saturday after missing all or part of the last five games with two different injuries...