Word: outfitted
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After all, the 2004-05 installment of Harvard women’s hoops—an outfit that boasts five of the previous nine Ivy titles—was, at this point, supposed to be mired in a rebuilding slog...
Philadelphia Flyers’ “Legion of Broom” swept by Detroit and the 2001 Sixers stand out as particularly glaring examples. In all of these instances, the city’s heart was broken. Each time the city went so far as to outfit City Hall’s William Penn statue with the home team’s cap, only to suffer prompt and devastating defeat...
...terrorist targets for attack. Nicknamed the Army of Northern Virginia because it is based at Fort Belvoir, outside Washington, the unit is so secretive that it frequently changes its name to throw off outsiders trying to track it. Known in the early 1980s as the Intelligence Support Activity, the outfit over the years has had code names like Capacity Gear and Gray Fox. Its operations include hunting for terrorists as well as for clandestine weapons-of-mass-destruction facilities in the Middle East...
...before, a source, possibly a cell member who turned during questioning, gave up the names and locations of six suspected cell members. Among them are two brothers thought to be central players in nationalist attacks on U.S. soldiers. Also on the list is the leader of their Islamic Army outfit, a man known as Abu Ayesha. The brothers are found in their family compound in a nearby village. Abu Ayesha is a different story. One of the homes near House 69 is said to be his. But although spotters have been positioned to catch anyone running from the battalion...
...slipping from Putin's control? The poll numbers are not good. Earlier this month, the Romir polling agency reported that 49% of respondents in a nationwide survey felt that the country was heading into a "dead end" - 20% more than the previous year. The Public Opinion Foundation, a polling outfit regarded as well disposed to the President, released a survey last week showing that his popularity has dropped from 48% to 43% in just over two weeks. But the real problem for Putin over the next few years may come from the economy, which could fuel yet more domestic unrest...