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...radical opposition. International observers claimed the election was marred by serious irregularities. A Credible Threat SAUDI ARABIA Just a day after the U.S. closed its diplomatic missions citing credible evidence of an imminent terror attack, at least one powerful explosion wracked a residential compound in west Riyadh at midnight on Saturday. There were conflicting reports of casualties; many children were among the victims. Government officials blamed al-Qaeda and said the attackers exchanged fire with security guards at the compound, which housed Saudi workers and foreigners, but few Westerners. The attack came nearly six months after a suicide bombing...
Morrison, who had known Pierce for 20 years, said she believed Pierce cheerily worked the midnight to 8 a.m. shift throughout his 33-year HUPD career...
...relief at midnight,” Morrison said. “He was always early...he was always pleasant, always had a smile on his face...
Take last month’s council elections. I was unwinding from a stressful Thursday with some friends at half past midnight, when I heard two knocks. After reluctantly opening the door, I was shocked to witness a complete stranger force her way into my room, hand out fliers, and ramble on about her platform. I went to bed thoroughly annoyed with the candidate and resolved that she had just lost my vote. But if she had given me a tub of ice cream I might have been a little more understanding...
...card day but make them significantly worse. I had four years to deal with Cornell’s maddening CourseEnroll, and am delighted now by the relative ease of study cards. Online course enrollment, in truth, is a matter of sitting by your computer, waiting for the stroke of midnight so that you can hope to actually get into your classes by acting fast, and then tapping your fingers for at least 25 stressful minutes, clicking again and again while the server fails to connect. It’s worse than calling a concert ticket hotline on the first...