Word: grandstand
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...richness of Aqueduct's Turf Club that enchanted me 15 years ago; it is the grittiness and dirt of the Suffolk Downs grandstand that captivates me today. The attendance on any given day is 95 percent male and the average age of patrons is 50, and it's the last place in Massachusetts, I'm convinced, where profanity and chain-smoking are not only tolerated but encouraged. No sentence spoken without using "motherfucker" can be taken seriously; no bettor without a Lucky Strike dangling from his mouth is respected. Some players are cool and rational and know how the pace...
Never one to grandstand on the court or explode verbally off of it, Pankau plays professionally, practices methodically and respects his teammates. In an age of media-seeking superstars and flamboyant prima donnas, Pankau is a refreshing break from the ordinary--he prefers to do his job away from the glare of the spotlight...
...something struck me the moment I sat down in the grandstand. Despite having almost no audience in attendance except for a few parents, the teams lined up for player introductions...
...knew that my squash-joking days were over when I sat down in grandstand, after everyone else had competed, to watch Harvard co-captain Tim Wyant battle Amherst captain David McNeely. McNeely is the highest- ranked American collegiate player, and Wyant came ever so close to capturing the NISRA championship last year...
...Schumer, made for some fireworks when Al Gore, whose history of wavering on abortion is a vulnerable point in his quest for the Oval Office, decided to flee the campaign trail in hopes of casting the tiebreaking vote in favor of the measure. Determined not to allow Gore to grandstand on the issue, 35 Republicans joined all of the Senate Democrats in passing the amendment...