Word: mid-afternoon
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...used to be Earl Grey and china dolls in mid-afternoon. Now it's capuccino and conversation, midnight at Cafe Algiers...
...least 300 students from the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College pelted each other with packed snow in mid-afternoon and early evening fights Tuesday...
...agreeing with Wong that the event was a worthwhile idea, Melvin also criticised the general quality of the readings as "poor." Many of the readers assumed a drawing room tone, which might have sufficed in a library but which could not keep the attention of listeners under a glaring mid-afternoon sun. The few instances of enthusiasm and creative eccentricity on the part of the reader elicited warm response from an otherwise listless audience...
...long, exuberant shouts and whistles exploded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Tossed paper filled the air, and traders battled their way through small mobs to reach their posts. At midday the ticker slipped 13 minutes behind trading. In mid-afternoon brokers paused briefly to give a cheer when another record for market volume was broken. At one mad moment a message flashed across the exchange's electronic bulletin board that a planned fire drill was canceled because of the heavy trading. Roars of laughter mixed with the buy and sell orders...
...night passed without incident. By mid-afternoon the next day, Kharg Island was in sight. About three miles out, the captain confiscated all cameras on board, explaining that no one is allowed to photograph the island. "If you take pictures, it is my life you are endangering," he said. The light was magnificent, and you could see the high white cliffs of Kharg, with tankers in the distance. I kept telling myself what a beautiful picture I was missing...