Word: framer
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Clearly nervous when asked to spell his name, Shapley slowly said "M...E...R...R...I....L" punctuating each letter with a swallow. He had left school at eight years old to join his father's construction crew, he said, and works as a framer in booming southeastern Utah, building townhouses for retirees and outlet malls for tourists. Like most FLDS members, he was not accustomed to conversation with strangers...
Smith does not like to be called a "Lost Boy." He and his fellow exiles, including his 16-year-old girlfriend, call themselves the "kids from the creek" - a reference to Short Creek, which runs through the border community. He has been working, like his cousin Shapley, as a framer since he was 13. "I know how to work; people from the world would be probably be more lost than us if they had to," Smith said. Now, he works for a non-FLDS construction company, sharing an apartment with several other exiles. "I spend my money on cars, bikes...
Playing in its final tune-up before starting its Ivy League slate against Dartmouth on Friday, the Harvard women’s volleyball team dropped a close five-framer to New Hampshire (UNH) last night at Lundholm Gym in Durham, N.H. Coming off a three-match winless road trip to California, the Crimson (2-5) traveled north for a final chance to pick up a preseason victory against a gritty opponent. Though Harvard fought out of a 2-1 hole to force a deciding fifth game, the Wildcats (3-10) dominated play towards the end of the match...
...Crimson coach Jennifer Weiss said. “They’ve experienced winning, and then they’ve experienced losing, so they know what it takes to get over the hump and win.”Harvard (2-1) defeated Binghamton in a thrilling five-framer on Friday night before splitting its contests with Rutgers and eventual champion Long Island on Saturday.Moving more quickly on defense and passing smoothly, the Crimson displayed team chemistry despite featuring five rookies, three of whom saw significant playing time throughout the weekend.“Fearless freshmen—we love...
Since the 2004 election, our nation has witnessed the rise of the Framers. No, I’m not talking about the dead white guys who wrote our Constitution. I’m talking about the very-much-alive white guys who advise the Democratic Party. The Framers don’t necessarily think that their party should stick with the same policies, but they generally believe that the Democrats must change how they talk about policies, not the policies they talk about. There’s just one problem: Republicans can frame too, and they have Fox News...