Word: hail
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...Hundreds of people gathered outside France's Justice Ministry on the evening of July 13 to hail the decision by French authorities to re-try 14 of the 27 people convicted of the abduction and brutal 2006 murder of cell-phone salesman Ilan Halimi. Though the verdict announced on July 10 handed out stiff sentences to the leaders of the gang, Halimi's family, supporters and Jewish groups across the nation were outraged that 14 defendants got lighter punishments than prosecutors had requested. In response, Justice Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie announced Monday evening that she'd ordered prosecutors...
Carts have come to the fields for decades, providing refreshments for the amateur athletes, but it wasn’t until the last few years that the mix of cornmeal and ground meat became destination dining. Food blogs hail the carts as some of the city’s best and the name “Red Hook Ball Fields” is now synonymous with street food delicacy. The carts have taken their place among New York’s ethnic cuisine elite—when the city threatened not to renew the vendors’ permit...
...shops, like Nalli, which has gleaming showrooms in several big Indian cities, have contracts with some Kanjeevaram weaver co-ops, which is helping them hang on. But it isn't enough to stop people from fleeing the profession. In and around Kanchipuram, famous for the Kanjeevaram silk saris that hail from this region, the manpower in the weaving industry has gone down drastically, from 60,000 10 years ago to about 20,000 today...
...Gourguechon finds the endless speculating exhausting. "Initially we were talking about electrical failure, yesterday we were talking about icing conditions, tomorrow we will talk about something else," he says. "ADIRU failure is as credible as very bad weather, hail, an electrical failure. I would not give priority to one scenario...
...range of different ethnic backgrounds, used high-octane athleticism to propel themselves them into first place. This victory, said their leader and choreographer, Ashley Banjo, sends "a message that age, ethnicity, background is not important." As Diversity reprised their winning act in a snowstorm of confetti and a hail of applause, viewers across the country shared their exultation. Never mind talent - Britain's got pride...