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...players and coaches milled about around the stadium—those in Harvard jerseys looking glum, those in Penn colors elated—Brian Edwards made his way through the throng towards Quaker coach Al Bagnoli. The junior wide receiver waited his turn to shake hands and wish Bagnoli congratulations on Penn’s achievement...
...Scores of fans traveled from around the country to St. Louis to watch their team reverse the curse. When Sox closer Keith Foulke made the final out, thousands of Sox fans erupted in joy and a throng of ?B? hats lurched towards the Sox dugout. Players sprayed champagne and hugged their children and wives. The fans soaked up the victory - some hollered, some bawled their eyes out and some just stood gobsmacked by the sight of something that they thought they would never live...
...Making his way to the stage through a throng of well-wishers, Howard is engulfed by a roar of adulation. The cheers get louder as, flanked by his beaming family, he promises to lead a country "prepared to stand up for what we believe in." Anne Forsyth suspects there can no longer be any doubters about the man in whom she saw so much early promise. "I have always felt vindicated," she says with a shy smile, "and I think he's got another two or three terms left...
...drop, pitching three of us head first into the churning current and ripping the raft's floor. But we're quickly succumbing to the river's magnificence; its sweet-tasting, clear waters, tinged brown by the tannin leaching off plants, surging and meandering between banks crowded with a jostling throng of trees, tall leatherwoods dropping white blossoms into the foam-covered eddies. Thick forest stretches away in every direction, and there is no sign of a human touch, until the third day, when, exhilarated after a series of simple rapids, we see heavy wires strung high across a narrow gorge...
Brown coach Phil Estes was the first to address the throng of media in attendance. His first task was, unsurprisingly, to tell us about his defense. After discussing his star defensive back Angel Gutierrez, he ran off a slough of names—each of which has the phrase “very physical” next to it in my notes. I can’t be certain if he actually used that description in association with each of the players he mentioned or if I just got bored and went into “very physical?...