Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Sand Warriors Bondi Beach, Australia's most famous stretch of sand, is ready for its Olympics close-up. But some locals are still furious that the stadium built to host beach volleyball - the Games' flesh-baring party sport - has cut their beloved Bondi in half. After attempts to halt construction proved unsuccessful, activists have come up with a plan that calls for 1,000 people, armed with giant mirrors, to disrupt telecasts by flashing sunlight at television crews and into camera lenses. "We want the Olympic movement to reflect on its cultural imperialism," says Bondi councilor Dominic Wykanak. Unfortunately...
...Finally, there's the press corps: the same hard-nosed wiseacres that always cut up in class, except these days they're a little smellier. And just like in high school I find myself in this clique whether I want to be or not. It's sometimes hard not to get lost in the excitement of how spiffy the hometown looks and how well the local talent is doing and assess it all as a cool outsider. At the opening ceremonies, I waved my blinking bracelet around like a goofball until I realized I was one of about six people...
...Eric LaHaie. When the Crusaders realized that it was absolutely futile to run up the middle against the Harvard, they resorted to pitching the ball wide, allowing their running backs to find the open field. But LaHaie, a former track star, had the ability to streak across field and cut off the Crusader backs before they could dart down the sidelines...
Sophomore Matt Leiszler put Harvard back in the game with a 31-yard touchdown run at the end of the first half that cut the score to 14-10. With the injuries he went through in the off-season, for Leiszler to even be playing in the season opener was a big accomplishment...
...southwest corner, the truth is we do not know today which is the cornerstone. White House staff members of our era tried radar, X rays and even some noted dowsers to find the treasure. The experts all chose different stones, and the Presidents have never let workmen cut into any of them. The mystery is likely to live on. Seale, ever the realist about the past, suspects that a bunch of rowdies may have come around that night and stolen it. They did things like that even back then...