Word: hoist
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...idealism and romance elsewhere found only in history books. "We want to turn this beautiful Himalayan country into an invincible red fort and a shining trench of world proletariat revolution," declared Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai before the rebels took to the hills in 1996. "We are sure we will hoist the hammer and sickle atop Mount Everest...
While movers hoist box after box of used books up the stairs and out of the store’s basement location across the street from the Charles Hotel, Jantz reminisces about a golden age of independent booksellers in the Square...
...though, the Crimson will have to wait at least one more year to hoist the elusive Ivy League trophy, and Klein’s own dream will have to be put on hold...
...said Smith, who has seven goals and 23 assists in 87 career games. “I tell you, it was a tough place to be in the locker room after we lost to Cornell in the ECAC championship game. We had prepared to hoist that trophy all year long, and having that disappointment will help us in our drive to get back there. For us seniors, [next] year has to be ‘The Year...
...goes to graduate school to get rich, or even to have a particularly good time. Dissatisfaction seems to be the doctoral candidate’s God-given right; we hoist giant chips onto our shoulders with sardonic pride and carry them around for years. At some schools, however, such as Yale, the chips have become too much to bear alone—and graduate students are unionizing in order to ease the burden...