Word: grand
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...dozens of dump trucks and backhoes rumble amid boulders and mud to prepare an access road to the span, scheduled to be completed this month. "It's good not having to worry about finding work and getting paid," says a laborer named Yang, who is helping construct the Chongqing Grand Theater, a magnificent music and opera house being built on a river headland within sight of the Chaotianmen bridge. "There are so many public projects going on, there will always be a place...
...winsome didn't win the day, and nor did hard-luck stories. The public ruthlessly booted out 2 Grand, a grandfather-granddaughter singing duo, even after 76-year-old John Neill confided that "this is the first time I've felt happy ... since I lost my wife." And Boyle, the bookmakers' favorite and an international talk-show darling since her endearingly awkward audition clip clocked up more than 100 million views on YouTube, lost...
...white-collar criminal). I’m here to share with you today some of the things I learned in ____ (my time at Harvard, my post-fifth grade life, prison). Many of those lessons came while I was _____ (at The Crimson, in sixth grade, in solitary confinement). In the grand tradition of speakers before me, I’d like to send you out into the world with some totally original and not at all trite words of wisdom about what I’ve learned about ____ (how life imitates sport, algebra, remorse for my crimes).The first lesson...
...lightweights took home the Jope Cup, given to the top overall team at Sprints, but the varsity eight once again could not take down Princeton, dropping the Grand Final by just over two seconds...
...Laura Huppert, senior Esther Lofgren and captain Anna Kendrick—were named to the All-New England team while coach Liz O’Leary took home the honor of New England Coach of the Year.Earning a bid to the NCAAs was particularly satisfying for Radcliffe, as the Grand Final of the Sprints saw the Varsity Eight edge Princeton and finish within one second of the No. 2 Yale Bulldogs.“At Eastern Sprints, we got second, and I think that we should have been rowing like that all season and our previous results don?...