Word: benches
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...quietest voice that speaks the loudest. The quiet voice I heard in 1988 was that of a young woman from Ghana. The morning my wife Rosalynn and I visited the woman's village of Denchira, near the Ghanaian capital of Accra, she sat timidly on a bench amid her neighbors, who had assembled to greet us. She appeared to be in excruciating pain, and it looked as if she were cradling a baby in her right arm. As I approached, I was shocked to see that she was not holding a baby but her grossly swollen right breast. A guinea...
...Ingenuity is a necessity for Heathrow's homeless to avoid detection by police. "I thought about disguising myself as a passenger, but I have a bit of what you might call 'a luggage issue,' 65-year-old Joseph explains from a bench in the airport's remote bus terminal, pointing at a shopping trolley of bulging plastic bags. "They are hardly Louis Vuitton...
...years ago Harvard softball coach Jenny Allard found her success on the other side of the bench. From 1987-90, Allard played for the University of Michigan, earning numerous honors along the way. Last month, one of the Crimson’s most established coaches was recognized for her achievements as one of six former athletes inducted into the Michigan Hall of Honor. Allard’s fellow inductees include tennis player Michael Leach, swimmer Ann Colloton, synchronized swimmer Ruth Pickett Thompson, and football players Bill Hewitt and Desmond Howard. Hewitt competed professionally for both the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago...
...Fowler-Finn’s contract extension in January—said that “you don’t want to rush something that’s so important.” Walser lauded Fowler-Finn’s successful initiatives, such as “bench-marking” as a way to assess progress in schools. “Instead of just judging the schools from the test scores, this is more holistic and takes into account multiple measures,” she said, referring to the additional factors that include graduation rate and student discipline...
...guys that didn’t have great games tonight. Kyle was one of them,” Donato said. “We have a great amount of respect for what he does for us, but all the way from the net out to every guy on the bench, we have to play better.”The third frame saw the Crimson cut down on the penalties and return to its Friday-night form, but, as it had been all game, the Bobcat lead was just barely too much to overcome. A period of steady Harvard pressure?...