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...with the ball. I’ll try and hit it and sit back because I know that I’m not going to be able to run by everybody. Or if I have a horse that runs very quickly, then I can stop with the ball and turn with it. But if not, then I’ll just hit a backshot,” Nick says, offering on a frenetic sermon on his controlled approach to the game. “Does that make sense...
...rode minimally before joining the team this school year with the encouragement of Nick, a fellow member of the A.D. final club. Nearly everyone on the polo team—except Nick—had no experience with polo before joining. “Ah ha! Bravo! When I turn, come to me!” Even his dad doesn’t escape Nick’s eye: “Well done...
...Crossword Roving Reporter (RR): Mr. Shortz, it’s an honor to meet you. So, what’s your favorite crossword clue of all time? Will Shortz (WS): The answer was “spiral staircase.” The clue was “it may turn into a different story.” RR: I like it! So, I know you are responsible for editing the Sunday New York Times crossword, but how long do you think it would take you to complete it? WS: Around 25 to 30 minutes for one I didn?...
Take its creators, for instance. Jack Norworth, the lyricist, started his career doing minstrel shows and vaudeville acts at the turn of the 20th century, just as baseball was making a name for itself. The National Association of Base Ball Players had been established in 1858 and Major League Baseball itself would be founded in 1903. One day while riding a New York subway, Norworth saw a sign that read "Baseball Today - Polo Grounds." And in 15 minutes, he had scribbled the words of his fun-time anthem on the back of an envelope - now on display at the National...
...potion is permitted in much of South America. Its mecca is the Peruvian city of Iquitos, which hosts the annual International Amazonian Shamanism Conference and is home to about a dozen lodges that cater to curious foreigners. At first, local residents feared that a flood of stoned beatniks would turn Iquitos into an unruly rain-forest Woodstock. "I thought they'd be from the hippie graveyard, with tattoos and sunken faces," says Gerald Mayeaux, a Houston native who runs The Yellow Rose of Texas restaurant in Iquitos. "But these are doctors and lawyers. These are professional people...