Word: uprights
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Besides the old reliable, strong coffee, the voluntarily sleepless have other ways of keeping themselves upright for long stretches. Shannon Gragson, 39, of Princeton, Texas, used to take large doses of Metabolife, the over-the-counter diet supplement, before her doctor prescribed a combination of the antidepressant Prozac and the narcolepsy drug Provigil. Carolyn Moncel, 36, who works as a virtual assistant from her computer in Paris, France, fuels her 16-hour shifts with two or three liters a day of Coca-Cola supplemented by 10-minute naps. Betty Sanders, who has worked the graveyard shift at the Dallas...
...always baseball for Harvard infielder John Wolff, whose father spent time with the Detroit Tigers after being drafted following his junior year at Harvard. The elder Wolff introduced his son to the game early, pitching balled-up socks to Wolff almost before he could hold a bat upright...
...It’s a whole different ball game inside the Stadium,” Schindel said. “The field goal I hit to end the first half against Northeastern was from 38 yards from the right hash. I had my aim point right on the right upright and it just snuck inside the left post...
...third field goal was a bit more difficult, coming from 37 yards out on the right hash. Nolan got this clear of the line, but pushed it left. The ball went on to meet unceremoniously with the left upright and fall harmlessly to the endzone turf. (More on hitting uprights and crossbars later...
...Early in the second quarter, the Bears drove down inside the Harvard 10-yard line, poised to add to its already hefty 21-3 lead. But the Crimson forced a Brown field-goal attempt, and freshman kicker Steve Morgan proceeded to boot his first collegiate try off the right upright and the crossbar, before the ball fell to the earth on the endzone side of the posts. That’s right—an upright and a crossbar. Even if it would have gone through I don’t think it would have counted, because...