Word: grand
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...trotting guerrilla" from Syria to Kenya, the site of his capture. Correspondents reported on protests in more than 20 cities, interviewed intelligence sources in four countries and even managed to contact several aides who were with Ocalan during his final hours of freedom. "Our efforts fell under TIME's grand tradition of group journalism," says Sancton, who knows it well, having entered his third decade with the magazine. "That approach has largely been supplanted by a system of individual writers, but there are instances--and this is one--when it is really ideal...
...Grand social events often serve as the pinnacles of House revelry. Every house has its fete, but factioned representatives widely differ on what degree of exclusivity will best foster House camaraderie. Yagan remembers when his own HoCo considered it best to reach beyond Harvard's circle to have a good time. They considered busing in peers from a nearby all-women's college to host a party for the two schools (motion denied by the female contingency at the meeting). Other Houses think locally and host multi-House events; Leverett, Dunster and Lowell join in an annual Tri-House Formal...
...Groth's watch, nearly a dozen psychics have been arrested on charges ranging from fortunetelling, a selectively enforced misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail, to grand larceny, a felony. One clairvoyant allegedly convinced a client that rubbing her body with raw eggs and bathing in special potions would lift a curse. The cost of that exorcism? About $500,000. A similarly inventive psychic encouraged an undercover cop to buy 90 candles, at $55 each, to fend off evil spirits...
Making room for this monument to television is no small matter either. The corner of our living room, which my wife had reserved for a baby grand (insert your own marital discord here), was cleared for the HDTV's landing, which required three men and a truck with a hydraulic lift...
...Starr the way he used to bash O.J. Simpson. Rivera has fed viewers an all-impeachment diet for months. Asked whether he will ever move on, he responds, "I have just begun the fight. I'm going to be talking about this next week. You have the Linda Tripp grand jury in Maryland. You have Julie Hiatt Steele. You have the whole Kathleen Willey situation. You have the President's possible civil and criminal liabilities. You have the various investigations into Ken Starr. You have Webb Hubbell's tax evasion..." You have the idea...