Word: bumpers
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...same spirit, he could oppose a plan to scrap the tradition of players walking between the Sydney Cricket Ground's members as they enter and depart the arena. And he could step in and declare "Enough!" when his speedster Brett Lee bowls unsporting bumper after bumper at tail enders. Competitive and artless, Ponting is doing his best to ensure Australia keeps winning. That's the job as he sees it, and he's doing it well. Reflecting on his early days, however, might remind him that there's more to sport than that. If he then began to grasp...
...around 1 AM, the Zeta Alpha party is in full-swing. Women who seem to be dressed for the unofficial Dyke Ball, which was rumored to take place underground this year, stroll through the door. They wear bathrobes and bumper stickers, adding even more character to a party composed of biker babes and women in drag. The odd pair of breasts or pair of women kissing can be spotted at the party, but while some male guests ogle, everyone else is nonplussed. Indeed, more provocative actions were perhaps occurring concurrently in the Winthrop dining hall that night...
...court justice, but also Pamela Pitzer Willeford, the ambassador to Switzerland. Tobin died in October, so his wife Anne Legendre Armstrong, a former ambassador to Britain and a longtime Cheney friend, played host. For all that, Armstrong Ranch is countrified rather than ostentatious. At the entrance is a utilitarian "bumper" gate, so named because you nudge it open with your vehicle. Guests usually stay in wooden ranch dwellings near the main house, which are furnished with antiques but few frills...
...booming Chinese production that feeds the Western appetite for low-priced products resulted in a second consecutive year of worldwide growth of more than 4%. That's the strongest in three decades, and there's more good news to come: the world economy is on track to enjoy another bumper year in 2006 as the twin Chinese-American engine continues to power ahead...
Although he has an anti-Republican bumper sticker on his car, the car is a red-state Chevrolet Avalanche. The most prominent feature of his office is a set of gym equipment, and he has one of those Sharper Image massage chairs. His days off are spent gurgling over his fourth child, 5-month-old Steven Joseph, or-not infrequently-building additions to his house. These days Hayes is a bit embarrassed by the excesses of his youth...