Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...counter-attack is the trend in water polo," said Wolff. "You want to outswim them instead of just brawling...
...water polo team: This may be the most strenous sport since rollerball. The supposed object: to toss the ball into the net. The secret agenda: to drown the opponent. Perhaps this is overestimating the vicious nature of the game, but water polo is the most under-appreciated sport around. It falls somewhere between ballet and bull-riding in the gracefulness department, and has more scoring than field hockey and soccer combined...
...reason water polo is so misunderstood--and, therefore, so ignored--is that half the game takes place under water, out of sight of the 50 or so people who turn out for each game. The ball is flung around on the surface, but don't think the players use their legs merely to stay afloat. There are secret (if not always legal) tricks to the treading trade...
Last November, the men's water polo team entered the Eastern tournament at Annapolis with high hopes, if not great qualifications. But Harvard could not manage a single win in the tournament, and received a 21-0 dunking by a powerful Navy squad in the process...
...Eastern Water Polo League Tournament final between Harvard and Fordham yesterday at Blodgett Pool was, appropriately, a battle of undefeated teams...