Word: overnighting
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...Backed by labour unions, political organizations and 15 other mayors in the greater Attica region, Kortzidis gained overnight celebrity status and won national support for his cause. Thousands of supporters poured onto the streets for a beachfront rally, as a nationwide debate resumed over the commericialization of beaches. Critics billed the mayor's protest an "extreme stunt," but that did not deter the once rotund Kortzidis, who fasted for 24 days and shed 16 pounds. He ended his water-and-fruit-juice protest last Sunday after assurances from the government that it would produce new legislation on the management...
...course superintendent once called W.C. Fownes to inform him that golf legend Sam Snead had hit a tee shot past a bunker during a practice round. The next day, Snead struck a shot to the same spot--and found himself in a sand trap that had been installed overnight...
...than you are. There have been countless Friday or Saturday nights out when I’ve inquired about Sarkar’s whereabouts with the hopes that he might join me in drinking. Invariably he’d be unavailable because he had already committed to working an overnight shift at UniLu, Harvard’s student-run homeless shelter in the basement of University Lutheran Church. Since sophomore year he’s been a director of UniLu, sacrificing his Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks to work shifts that were short-staffed. For Sarkar, public service is not merely...
...It’s not so simple,” he says. “Nothing happens overnight...
...office, including nepotism and misuse of government property. It's a charge Chaudhry rejects. Chaudhry, a Musharraf appointee, refused to resign, becoming the first person in Pakistan's known history to say no to a ruling general. Already a symbol of defiance, Chaudhry was vaulted into hero status overnight. "Chaudhry said no, Chaudhry is our hero," chanted the crowds...