Word: broking
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...states in, the favorite, General Olusegun Obasanjo, is more than five million votes ahead, and his opponent, former finance minister Olu Falae, is charging widespread voter fraud as the reason why. So far, international observers say only that the cheating has been done by both sides. But the election broke down pretty much as expected, with Obasanjo sweeping the northern territories that are home to the military elite that supports his candidacy and Falae taking the south...
Speaking of cattle, it's pre-frosh season. Fold out those futons and bone up on the history of the Science Center; they're back. Judging by the anal-retentiveness of this year's potential admits (e.g. one high schooly Thayer guest allegedly broke out the custom-made business cards as an icebreaker), the class of '03 will likely cause a mad rush for ArtCarved's "Epic" line...
...Speaking of cattle, it's pre-frosh season. Fold out those futons and bone up on the history of the Science Center; they're back. Judging by the anal-retentiveness of this year's potential admits (e.g. one high schooly Thayer guest allegedly broke out the custom-made business cards as an icebreaker), the class of `03 will likely cause a mad rush for ArtCarved's "Epic" line...
Mexican television stations broke into regular programming to report the news to a country seemingly grown numb to repeated waves of kidnappings...
...aground off the Oregon coast and storm-whipped waves had torn into it, threatening an environmental disaster if all 400,000 gallons of oil within leaked. The daring "controlled burn" was intended to consume 90% of the fuel in 24 hours. The maneuver seemed to work: the burning boat broke in two the next day, but only a fraction of the oil contaminated the beaches...