Word: box
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...anyone explain why the lunch that we media in the press box so dearly rely on to survive the three-and-a-half-hour games was conspicuously missing during halftime? They may tell you it was because of a delivery faux pas, but you know what they say: don’t trust everything they tell...
...pizza finally did arrive—after a good three quarters, mind you—but by that time, half of the press box was almost frozen, thanks to the open windows and the steady drizzle that blew into our faces and onto our computers. Why didn’t we close them...
...majority," said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a conservative lawmaker. "But the size of the majority will not affect how effective our government will be." New Democracy held 165 of the 300 seats in the outgoing parliament. Karamanlis, who describes himself a "compassionate conservative," called for an early trip to the ballot box ahead of the August wildfires, seeking a fresh mandate for crucial social and economic changes. With 20 percent of the nation's households living below the poverty level, or less than $16,000 a year, Greeks ranks among the European Union's poorest members...
...post World War II minister - Fukuda earned a reputation for calm competency that should appeal to a public and a party still shocked by the utter disintegration of Abe's administration. But it seems far less likely that Fukuda will be able to help the LDP at the ballot box. (Legislative elections aren't scheduled until 2009, but with the opposition empowered by its recent win, early polls seem inevitable.) Clever and even cutting in person, Fukuda was always happy to give candid assessments of his LDP rivals, albeit off the record. However, the Diet veteran has zero charisma...
...Wisconsin-Milwaukee end of the field as the half came to a close.After 39 minutes, Harvard’s efforts finally paid off. Freshman Katherine Sheeleigh corralled a long pass from the midfield, and after beating her defender, she set up sophomore Devon Sherman at the top of the box. Sherman threaded a beautiful ball into the left side of the box that Wideroff was able to finish off with a sprawling slide that beat the keeper to the ball, burying it in the back of the net.It proved to the game-winner, the second...