Word: broking
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More recently, a small fire broke out on the exterior of the East Wing in 2000. That one started the way most White House fires start - as workers were painting or removing paint or otherwise refurbishing some corner of the place. In 1995, a tour bus burst into flames on Pennsylvania Avenue, across from the White House. The heat peeled the paint at Blair House, the presidential guesthouse. In the 1980s, there was a string of fire and smoke incidents under President Ronald Reagan, including one in the mess. But none did much damage...
...women’s basketball team seeks to redeem Saturday’s tough road loss, in which the Crimson defense broke down to allow two University of Vermont shooters 20-plus points apiece, with a stronger showing against Holy Cross at home tonight.“Holy Cross is a confident team that works hard, is well-coached, and they’re going to come at us,” said Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith. “If we play any semblance of the defense we played [Sunday against Vermont], I would pick HC by twenty...
...demo every day—it’s never just pure lecture. One day [Charbonneau] got into a rocket chair and zoomed across the room to demonstrate one of Newton’s laws. Another time he froze a grapefruit in liquid nitrogen and broke it on the floor...
...News of Sarkozy's new relationship first broke on the website of the newsweekly L'Express. The magazine's editor Christophe Barbier told a French television talk show on the weekend that Bruni, a friend of his, had told him that she was involved with Sarkozy. That confirmed mounting rumors that Sarkozy was not alone in his palace bedroom. France's paparazzi have tailed the President for weeks in search of his mystery woman, and French television journalist Laurence Ferrari recently sued two gossip magazines for linking her romantically to Sarkozy. By Saturday, Sarkozy was apparently ready...
...child’s fantasy of her toys coming alive while she sleeps. Featuring a wind-up ballerina (Samantha K. Yu ’11), whose carefully controlled convulsions suggested that she ran on high-octane fuel, the act proved a delightful vision of the Nutcracker on acid.Harvard Bhangra broke up the monotony of a less memorable second half with an awesome display of traditional Indian dance. Amidst all the popping and locking robotic limbs that characterized most of the show, the group was a welcome anachronism. Decked out in long, flowing outfits, the performers reminded the audience that dance...