Word: benchings
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...grades, and work hard in my classes largely because I want to get good grades. I am scared of C’s and D’s, which is really silly considering they are just letters and I’m bigger than them and can almost certainly bench-press more than they do. I do all the things required to get good grades–I go to class, do my homework, steal other people’s notes, etc.—but I still don’t get the straight A’s that...
...while John Fahnenstiel from North Muskegon, Mich. placed third in SPARQ (a measurement of speed, power, reaction, agility and quickness) rating at the annual Clemson Nike Camp last May. The SPARQ rating weighs and combines a player’s 40-yard dash, 20-yard shuffle, vertical jump and bench press into a single number intended to measure overall athleticism...
...Delaney went so far as to call a technical on Phoenix Suns assistant coach Mark Iavaroni at midcourt during halftime. And even before the playoffs, longtime ref Joey Crawford grabbed headlines when he kicked the league's stoic superstar, Tim Duncan, out of a game for laughing on the bench after a foul call against one of his teammates. As the two exchanged words in the aftermath, Crawford also asked Duncan if he wanted to fight him. For once commissioner David Stern seemed to recognize that the refs, rather than the players, had gone over the line, and he suspended...
...Monday, Pakistan's Supreme Court prevented the Supreme Judicial Council from hearing the government case against Chaudhry, meaning that his case will instead be heard by the full Supreme Court bench, where Chaudhry enjoys the support of the majority of judges and is more likely to prevail. The ruling prompted lawyers in offices across Pakistan to burst into cheers. "We used to have a toothlees and boneless judiciary," says Aslam Butt, 50, a Supreme Court lawyer. "Not any more...
...used to sit around and watch my uncle all the time, so I’ve always been banging on stuff, banging on tables, the sink, legs, or even somebody else when I was younger,” he says, drumming his fingers on a bench in Lowell House’s courtyard.Though he played bass guitar in a blues band in addition to studying piano for eight years, Ogunnaike’s true passion, drumming, developed by chance during his freshman year.“One of my friends dragged me to a West African dance class...