Word: midnighters
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...time the Chief Justice reached Abbottabad around midnight, his initial convoy of 100 cars had swelled to 2000. The crowd around the venue where he was to speak was so thick that he had to abandon the Mitsubishi and make the final few hundred meters by foot. Arcs of rose petals tossed overhead marked his slow passage through the crowd. The outdoor venue was packed with about 7,000 lawyers, ministers and district administrators who had been waiting since 9 a.m. for his arrival. Even 14 hours in, the speeches were going strong - testament to the lawyers' oratorical endurance...
Harvard students took a step towards reclaiming the “almost” portion in 1957, when upperclassman parietals were extended to midnight on Saturdays and prior to holidays. Freshmen also gained three hours of private time with their female counterparts, moving back the start of their intimate hours from 4 p.m. to 1 p.m. on the weekends...
...moment, however, the tribunal appears to have avoided major demonstrations, largely by unveiling the announcement of TRT's demise just before midnight on Wednesday - too late for protestors to convene. Clever timing, though, may not be enough to thwart future protests. Thailand's political crisis isn't over...
...dial, which had been home to opposition-aligned Radio Caracas Television until Sunday, would have jumped at the chance to show the events. But the reason the students had taken to the streets was precisely to protest the government's forcing RCTV off the airwaves, at midnight Sunday, by refusing to renew its broadcast license. The country's oldest channel had been replaced by state-run TVes, which showed cartoons and old movies during the protests. Critics of President Hugo Chavez warn that when the smoke clears, the television landscape will be largely bereft of independent voices willing to criticize...
...year, the young men wake at 10 a.m, jog for an hour, and then hit their computers or PCs, taking an hour off for lunch and another for dinner, and finally calling it a day at 3 a.m. (The gamers claim they play at their best just after midnight.) They don't spend much time outside their building, and when they do leave, it's normally only to run over to a nearby "e-stadium," an electronic gaming hall, to participate in a tournament...