Word: corners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...central Texas where former President George W. Bush has maintained a ranch since 1999. Four years ago, there were some who wondered if the noise would ever stop. The President's five-week summer vacation at his ranch brought the turmoil over the Iraq war into every corner of Crawford. Led by Cindy Sheehan, a California mother who had lost her son in Iraq and swore she wouldn't leave Crawford until she met with the President, hundreds of activists flocked to the town. International camera crews and celebrities soon followed. As the antiwar crowds grew, pro-Bush protesters gathered...
...most challenging choices, but junior Andrew Prince is ready to take on the responsibility.The left-handed Bay Area native—a life-long Giants fan—evokes San Francisco’s most famous slugger as a hulking presence with a little swagger. Still, the junior corner infielder has not made the impact he envisioned after two seasons at Harvard. Following an injury-plagued rookie campaign, Prince struggled to find his stroke and his defensive rhythm last year, leaving the junior disappointed.“My freshman year I tore a hip flexor and pulled a hamstring...
...good thing, but it will take time to implement it," says Hu Xiaosong, a professor at the China Agricultural University Food Safety Technological Center. "For example, we have had a traffic law for years, but to this day, there are still people jaywalking at every street corner. Don't expect the law will bring an immediate improvement in food safety...
...Bashir has sought solidarity among fellow African leaders, a notoriously tight-knit bunch who, as Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu put it in a New York Times editorial on Tuesday, "have so far rallied behind the man responsible for turning that corner of Africa into a graveyard." Despite Sudan's having garnered the support of China and Russia, it is now all but certain that the nation will not manage to persuade the U.N. Security Council to suspend the investigation or force the ICC to postpone its decision for a year...
...took a little while to figure out how we were going to win.”With less than three minutes to play in the second period, Harvard set up in the Big Red zone. Tri-captains Sarah Vaillancourt and Jenny Brine played the puck up from the corner to Farni. From the blue line, Farni launched a slapshot at Cornell goaltender Jenny Niesluchowski. The puck was deflected off a defender’s stick and found its way through the five-hole. “I think Farni’s goal was definitely huge,” Brine...