Word: grandstand
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...inevitable use of these cartoons as recruiting tools and propaganda by the Jihadists answer this question loudly and clearly. There are other means by which The Salient could have challenged Harvard’s misguided sensitivities, but in this instance, The Salient has put its desire to grandstand and challenge the liberal orthodoxy of Harvard ahead of our country’s goal of winning a war it has so eagerly supported...
...sell his gas to us just as we need to buy it. He has nothing else to sell us. even after iraq, aren't european leaders still notably reticent about criticizing the U.S.? There's a profound awareness that unless we're careful, we're going to look like grandstand critics rather than players. In order to make ourselves a more effective partner, able occasionally to criticize, we in Europe have to be able to do more on the ground ourselves. But Europe's most effective contribution to global security has been the enlargement process in the E.U., a tremendous...
...MIKE: Later in the day our coach called us and said we're third on the grandstand court. I love playing on that court and I think there should be a great crowd pulling for us. We're gonna give it everything we've got-hopefully rock the house and take those guys down! But they'll be tough. They return big and volley pretty well. They're both smaller guys but really quick...
...Hotel in Manhattan over to Flushing Meadows, site of the U.S. Open. In the past four years the site of the Open has changed and improved so much. The grounds now are comprised of the 23,000-seat Arthur Ashe stadium, the 10,000-seat Louis Armstrong stadium, the grandstand court and some 17 other courts with various size seating capacity. In addition, the grounds are spacious and well landscaped and the crowds are astounding...
...most prestigious rowing event in the world, replete with a large grandstand, enormous crowds, and a mandatory dress code, Harvard’s protest fell upon deaf ears. The Crimson lightweights were ousted from competition before they ever really got started. Cambridge cruised to an easy victory and went on to claim the Ladies’ Challenge Plate on Sunday over 2004 winner Leander Club (England...