Word: grass
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...winter of 1944-45--when the Red Army swept through Eastern Europe--millions of refugees were forced to flee west as the doomed Wehrmacht fought with an almost demented bravery to defend them. It is as an act of recovering German suffering that Crabwalk, the new novel by Gunter Grass, is worth reading. "We have a right to mourn our dead," Grass said to me when I visited his home earlier this year, "despite the crimes that we committed...
...Intel and others--is every bit as obstacle filled as trying to cure smallpox or getting people to pay to talk to others via computer. Cometa's goal is to take a technology that is exploding in every major city in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim--grass-roots wireless Internet service that is as accessible as any radio signal, and often as free--and figure out a way to make you pay for it. In the long run, Cometa aims to be nothing less than the Windows of business...
...Padua likes to keep itself and its treasures hidden in plain sight. Evidence that the town doesn't like to brag: Locals modestly (and cheekily) refer to Padua as the city that has a saint without a name, a field with no grass and a café with no doors. And they're talking about three of their greatest treasures. Perhaps the saint is so popular he doesn't even need a name. The Basilica del Santo is the resting place of St. Anthony - known simply as il Santo - a humble 13th century Franciscan monk. The massive church, with...
Sophomore Zac Bradley, an outfielder, was also injured in the crash and is not playing baseball this season. Grass and Burnat were pitchers—Grass, a long reliever, Burnat seldom used. Between the three, Bradley—who was among the team’s leaders in stolen bases last season and likely would have started this year—was probably the most important contributor on the field for Yale baseball. But the emotional impact of losing two teammates, for obvious reasons, drastically alters the complexion of a season, no matter how often they played...
...don’t think anyone would have expected us to be at 12-15 and right in the thick of the division hunt,” Stupor said. “We’ve had injuries beyond [Burnat and Grass], but people have stepped...