Word: midday
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...time the firing had stopped at midday last Friday, 16 people lay murdered in a scene of carnage that was grimly reminiscent of the Columbine massacre that took 15 lives in April 1999. The killer was a former student who dressed all in black for his murderous spree; he moved methodically through the building, picking his victims off one by one. And in the end, with 12 teachers, two students, a school administrator and a policeman dead, he turned a pistol on himself...
...Pagan is low season for good reason. The relentless sun bakes its temple-strewn plain into a shimmering illusion of a chess game?if chess had 2,217 pieces, rather than 34. At midday even mad dogs take refuge, though not straw-hatted tourists on five-day whirlwind tours of Burma shuttling through their checklists of temples in air-conditioned comfort. The heat has its benefits, however. Summer is the time of flowers: thick bougainvillaea blooms in shockingly bright pink, jacarandas litter the paths with purple petals, and flame trees force starbursts of red against whitewashed temple walls...
...reading desk, chair, neatly made twin bed and plain wooden dresser in each room. Almquist explains that the guests live here in complete silence. They take their meals with the monks in the refectory, eating their mostly vegetarian meals three times a day (silently). “During the midday and evening meals, there is usually a brother who reads from the prayer book,” Almquist says, “while we continue our silence...
...stepped profile, visually offensive from the outside, is also not conducive to the work students do there. On each step, rows of cubicles house scores of budding architects, but at the very bottom it is chilling cold at night, and at the very top, uncomfortably warm at midday. Despite the GSD’s structural failings, however, the building still periodically welcomes compelling—if frequently overlooked—exhibits. One such exhibition features approximately a dozen structures co-designed by architects Anotio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz in a show entitled “Cruz y Ortiz...
...Pallotta merchandise, like books by the company's founder, all along the route. Cyclists on last year's California AIDSRide, meanwhile, were upset that only 50% of funds they raised went to fighting AIDS, with some of it spent on a fireworks display that was virtually invisible under the midday Los Angeles sun. Pallotta argues that charitable causes deserve the same marketing muscle as for-profit companies and points to the hefty $223 million it has sent to charities in its nine-year history. But the rebellion in the ranks won't go away: the AIDS cyclists are planning their...