Word: sectionalism
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...Jacob Micflikier found Brett Hemingway just feet from the crease. Hemingway’s shot came so fast that the rebound—which echoed loudly throughout the arena—skipped safely beyond the goal before the packed Wildcat student section could let out its collective shout...
...room lends itself to noise and even if there are just three people, it sounds like a hundred,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “It’s a real playoff atmosphere,” said sophomore epee Edward Sherrill. The largest cheering section centered on the area of the room in which the men’s foil was taking place. Crimson junior Enoch Woodhouse won his opening match in a tightly contested affair by jumping over his opponent’s attack and spearing him in the back. The energetic crowd responded...
...series of student epiphanies, another six speculate that Harvard’s drug scene “seems like the kind of thing where if you’re looking for it, you can find it.” Consider the examples of local Boston slang in the Harvard section. Without the book, non-locals might never have figured out that a “frappe” is a milkshake and the “Yankees” are the New York Yankees baseball team. Nor would any incoming freshman be respected if he or she did not already...
...Zawel insists his college guide is not only relevant to high school juniors and seniors, but also to students currently attending Ivy League universities. He says that many students like to flip to their own school’s section and read about the secret societies, athletics, and favorite places to eat off campus...
...seat in the first row of Coach, Beshears assumed that Alpizar and the marshal were on the jetway, but could not see to the entrance of the plane, which was at a right angle to the main aisle. When he saw the crew running back to the Coach section, Beshears assumed the worst. He was in an exit row and began fumbling to open the emergency door. "I was reaching for the arming device and then somebody said, 'No, get back down. Now!'" Beshears got down on the floor...