Word: mid-afternoon
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While the events at City Hall did not begin until late last night, nearly a dozen same-sex couples and supporters were camped outside by mid-afternoon, adorning the historic building’s entrance with flowers, beach chairs and decorative swans. National and local media reporters mixed in with the excited couples, at times outnumbering them...
...country's wet season. Taxis chug unprofitably around the town's dusty streets seeking passengers. As frequent toots and the precise hand signals of police officers slice the heavy air, lassitude is supreme. Only bony hounds present a menace to the few souls out in the mid-afternoon heat. In a chilly conference room at the Hotel Timor, a bespectacled delegate is setting out Australia's position during official talks that are meant to build a permanent legal fence in the sea between his abundant nation and its impoverished near neighbor. East Timor's lead negotiator, Peter Galbraith, is unmoved...
...most popular dining periods is the time between 1 and 4 p.m., what one manager has dubbed “cookies and tea time.” The mid-afternoon crowd consists primarily of shoppers who stop at the café to give their feet—and their credit cards—a brief respite...
...services followed mid-afternoon, and at 4:30 p.m., all Faculty of Arts and Sciences Unix systems—including course websites and e-mail service—went out, he said...
Suspended on sets of giant wheels resembling oversized aircraft landing gear, the historic three-story structure left its foundation at 96 Prescott St.—where it had stood for 116 years—around 9:30 a.m., and by mid-afternoon workers pulled the house into its new home on nearby Sumner Road...