Word: crates
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...summer prior to freshman year, students anxious to stand out among their illustrious peers zero in on a way to differentiate themselves: shopping. From Bed, Bath and Beyond to thrift shops, Crate and Barrel to Urban Outfitters, pre-frosh scour through dozens of packages of extra-long twin sheets...
...fact, one of my jobs was unloading tractor trailers. You spend the night in North Carolina unloading a tractor trailer, and I guarantee you, you'll get up and study the next day." John Edwards, Iowa's other love child, is standing on a plastic crate in a diner in Nashua, N.H., sharing his story and giving voters a good look at his crisp blue suit and grungy, mud-caked boots. His oldest daughter, Cate, gave them to him for Christmas to help negotiate the Iowa snows, and ever since his surprise second-place finish, he has been wearing them...
...investors to game the system. The abuses are turning out to be so prevalent that regulatory officials predict a big shake-out. "There are going to be criminal cases brought in considerable number down the road," Spitzer told TIME. "It's not one or two bad apples. The whole crate seems to have gone rotten...
...first poll attendant reports to the check-in desk, heaving a sealed crate and a large padded bag—sheltering his all-important Accu-Vote counting machine—onto the table...
reuters For a homesick guy trying to save a buck, Charles McKinley got the mother of all supersavers. The New York City shipping clerk had himself packed in a crate and sent by air freight to his parents? home near Dallas. McKinley, 25, could face jail time for the caper, which he later regretted. "I was short of cash," he explained, "and truthfully I really should have waited...