Word: lane
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...flatulent elephant on the Calcutta Express. But while the romance of the Indian road undoubtedly endures, even seasoned voyagers find the charms of New Delhi's choking, lawless traffic fairly thin. There is simply a limit to how many times stray cows or small children in the fast lane can make you laugh. So, six years after the initial phase of the project began, the Indian capital is applauding the news that on Christmas Day the first part of a $2.3 billion state-of-the-art metro system is due to open. Residents, in fact, are in disbelief. "Apparently...
...laptop, he said, "Boot it up yourself," and tossed in a common vulgarity. And then he was asked to come and sit in a blue chair and wait. He plopped down, all fussed up, steam coming out of his ears, and you could see that an express lane wasn't enough for him--he needed a Learjet, and right away...
...your best judgment on behalf of the law, and to do the work with that slice-of-St.-Paul bunch of moms and retirees and folks from Cubicleville was a revelation. If I were the accused, I'd want that jury and not one chosen from the express lane of life. You don't want your fate decided by people who go for the quick and easy...
Harvard’s second goal was created more by Chu’s speed than Brown’s mistakes. Receiving a pass from captain Jamie Hagerman in the Brown zone, Chu saw a lane to the net down the right side and took off. Dreyer appeared to have stopped Chu’s initial shot but with Harvard players bearing down on her, the puck slipped over the goal line for a 2-1 Crimson lead...
...this not a story about adapting? Harvey found himself with more opportunities to create off the dribble than he’d had in his high school days and took advantage. Having banged in the paint on an undersized team before, he would drive fearlessly down the lane and throw up adventurous floaters, shots that fell with alarming frequency. He gave defenses trouble well-beyond his ability to hit the open shot—he went to the line more than anyone on the team other than all-timer Dan Clemente ’01. Quiet as he may still...