Word: grand
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...actions of the Board of Overseers and the University administration in the last few months amount to a grand stall tactic, or a massive expression of spinelessness, or both. While the President has every responsibility to argue for or against divestment in the abstract, it is cowardly for him to prevent the Board from issuing its opinion in a similarly clear...
...Hussein, it was like winning the Super Bowl on a last-second touchdown pass. It was like winning the World Series with a grand-slam in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was like winning the Boston Marathon by one second...
When you score 36 runs in a weekend, there are plenty of heroes, but Freshman Aron Allen outdid them all. The rookie third basemen went 10-for-12 on the weekend, including a grand slam, a solo homer and two triples, drove in 11 runs, and scored seven times...
That power exhibited itself for the first time this season when Allen clouted a double, two triples, and two home runs, knocking in 11 RBI's in the process. His first round tripper, in the second game against Brown, was a grand slam into left centerfield that buried and bruised the Bruins. He produced the game-winning RBI with a two-run double in the fourth inning in the nightcap against Yale...
...chic. The ad depicts the beige upholstery and warm wood trim of the car's interior--described in loving detail as "a secluded chamber of Connolly leather and burled walnut." A well-worn satchel and a map lie carefully placed on the seat awaiting, presumably, use in some grand adventure. The ad portrays an atmosphere of modern royalty--variously referring to the car as a "kingdom" which costs "only a youngish prince's ransom...