Word: grandstanding
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...outfield grass, where the glare of the lights confronted the darkness beyond the leaning fence, out of range of catcalls muffled by the steel and concrete grandstand, 22 faceless figures played out the last act of a melodrama which had long since climaxed and was now crawling along to a predictable finale. This was a North American Soccer League (NASL) professional soccer game between the Boston Minutemen and the Miami Toros, two last-place clubs. Although 200 spectators looked on, the press had shown mercy and stayed away...
Nevertheless, regular admission was hiked this season from $3 to $5. This backfired too as attendance plummeted. The price of a game was no longer comparable to that of a movie or a grandstand seat at Fenway Park...
Ford called the report an example of "grandstand quarterbacking" on the part of the GAO. Carter, in response, did not criticize Ford's role in the crisis, but said Ford should have released information contained in the GAO report earlier...
...rate at which this mouth can run through its tiny arc is remarkable in itself. At a recent meeting of the council, over which Al gleefully presides, a group of taxi drivers was gathered to press a certain point. When the hackmen were respectfully applauding the grandstand overtures of some of the councilors ("I've supported the cabbies for 30 years"), it was Grandfather Al beaming down from the dais. When the drivers were testifying, Deadpan Al nodded gravely at their protests, seemingly recording it all into his store of wisdom. But when catcalls and boos started to swell...
...aren't going to make any money going to the Red Sox, unless you sit in the grandstand with the professional gamblers and bet whether the next pitch to Ben Oglivie on a one-and-one count with two out and nobody on in the sixth will be a ball or a strike. But you might if you pick up on the dog races at Wonderland, which go on every summer night of the week except Sunday. Getting there is easy: take the red line from Harvard Square to Park, and then the blue line from Park to the last...