Word: broking
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...victim of Zardari's excesses. Unburdened by the pressures of power, the Punjabi industrialist has been pushing the government to reinstate Chaudhry for over a year now. He quit the coalition government after Zardari backtracked on agreements to do so. A confrontation had been simmering over recent months, but broke into the open when the Supreme Court issued a controversial ruling last month barring Sharif and his younger brother, Shahbaz from standing for elected office...
...gobbling path - and they're using their vast wealth and will to help protect the earth's quickly vanishing wilderness. The eco-barons' mission, Humes says, became all the more important when Washington shrank from its role as environmental guardian. "In an era in which government has been either broke, indifferent or actively hostile to environmental causes," writes Humes, "a band of visionaries ... are using their wealth, their energy, their celebrity and their knowledge of law and science to persuade, and sometimes force, the United States and the world to take a new direction." (Listen to Humes on this week...
...Sophomore Agnes Sibilski and senior Beier Ko carried their match 8-6. With the score tied 5-5 and the Crimson leading 40-30, a key play came when Ko broke BC’s serve with a volley down the center of the court, splitting the Eagles pair...
...Peterzan followed her strong doubles performance with a just-as-impressive singles match showing. Leading 6-5, she broke her opponent’s serve to take the first set. She clinched the second set 6-3 with a strong cross-court forehand...
...Sibilski took a similar path to triumph. Taking the first set 6-3 and losing the next 6-1, she likewise broke her opponent to make the set 5-5 in a back-and-forth game that featured two match points for the Eagles...