Word: broking
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...work of his opponents, and with the win over Vegosen, secured himself a position in the final. In the end, Felton was bested by Chaloupkha, 6-4 6-4. “In the second set Alistair really pushed Chaloupkha,” Rueb said. “He broke Chaloupkha twice in the final set but couldn’t consolidate his breaks. This shows a little bit of inexperience, but he is now just getting his feet wet. We expect great things from him but still have a ways to go until the spring...
...event in the basement. Months later, McCain held his last town hall before the primary there. And then he beat George W. Bush, establishing his national identity as a straight-talking reformer. Earlier this year, the state again rescued McCain's fortunes. After his campaign had imploded and gone broke, the Granite State helped McCain defeat Mitt Romney, rocketing McCain to the nomination...
...game of the season. The Crimson had won the last four meetings in Hanover and looked to snap a current four-game losing skid. The contest, which featured a total of only five shots on net, was a defensive struggle, but the Big Green (6-9, 4-2 Ivy) broke through on a penalty stroke late in the second half to defeat the Crimson (6-10, 2-4 Ivy), 1-0, on Dartmouth’s Senior Day. Most of the game was marked by midfield play, as the teams were deadlocked in a scoreless tie. However, with only...
...same time, the election and technology bred another, kinder-and- dorkier group of stars: the geekocracy. CNN's John King broke down election returns and poll figures on a touchscreen "magic wall," while NBC guru Chuck Todd crunched numbers on what resembled an electronic Risk board. Meanwhile, a raft of bloggers used the Web's strength--indulging obsessiveness--to create temples of poll analysis. Chief among them was Nate Silver, a baseball-statistics nut at whose FiveThirtyEight.com habitus debate weighting averages and tracking-poll internals until the wee hours...
...judges were wowed by Burruss’s incorporation of alternative materials. “I loved the keyboard,” says Whitman. Burruss broke down an old keyboard to create an original labels—her initials on the dress’s left pocket. She also created a bow out of the film found inside the keyboard...