Word: hoardes
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...They recruit for chess players, not football players. They hoard the best chess players in the nation. They have a pep rally with cheerleaders to send them off,” Esserman said...
...Harvard doesn’t think that it’s raining now, as the nation feels the strain of the first recession in a decade, then it is doubtful that Harvard ever will. Today, when middle class families could use a break, why is Harvard continuing to hoard its cash...
...been relying on "liars" and tribal chieftains who were using U.S. firepower to wreak revenge on their ancient enemies. (Khaksar's brother-in-law is Mullah Salaam, one of Omar's closest advisers; indeed, Salaam may be on the run with Omar.) What does Khaksar want for his hoard of information? Safe passage for his family to a location of his choice. Not Pakistan, he says - too dangerous and too full of ex-Taliban and ISI agents who want him silenced. Until the Taliban Foreign Minister surrendered to U.S. forces in Kandahar last week, Khaksar was the most senior Taliban...
...been relying on "liars" and tribal chieftains who were using U.S. firepower to wreak revenge on their ancient enemies. (Khaksar's brother-in-law is Mullah Salaam, one of Omar's closest advisers; indeed, Salaam may be on the run with Omar.) What does Khaksar want for his hoard of information? Safe passage for his family to a location of his choice. Not Pakistan, he says - too dangerous and too full of ex-Taliban and ISI agents who want him silenced. Until the Taliban Foreign Minister surrendered to U.S. forces in Kandahar last week, Khaksar was the most senior Taliban...
...work in retail and advertising rather than in factories. Figuring that tourism could be an option for a place that had run short of them, in 1990 Gaudichon persuaded the city to convert the derelict swimming pool into a home for Roubaix's unseen treasures. They included a unique hoard of textile patterns and samples dating back to 1839, as well as an art collection that had been closed to public view since 1940. Gaudichon, named curator of the collection in 1989, reckoned it needed a home. And the city already had a remarkable building standing empty...