Word: overnighting
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...lobby of a New York City apartment building, four people--a flaky overnight security guard, his boss, a rookie female cop and her veteran partner--grapple with a murder investigation and issues of loyalty and betrayal. Lonergan, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (You Can Count on Me) and playwright (This Is Our Youth, The Waverly Gallery) weaves an intriguing tale that keeps one glued to the stage for two hours. But too many sitcom-style laughs and contrived character twists betray this off-Broadway comedy-drama as a slick but disposable confection...
...When we left, everyone was hunkered down in basements again, waiting for more shelling. The purported aim of the cease-fire was to allow civilians to leave the area, but they are not going, at least not yet. If the shelling resumes overnight or tomorrow morning, there odds are very high that there will be civilian casualties - and that will cause a serious escalation in this conflict...
...both locations, the team found its early-season versatility tested by the weather. The Truxton race began with very little wind to work with on Saturday, but a cold front passed overnight, creating gustier conditions...
...Part of it is prejudice. But that's not the whole story. Iowans have reason to be leery because of unplanned immigration in the mid-'90s, when thousands of Hispanics came to Iowa communities like Marshalltown to work in meat-packing plants. Marshalltown (pop. 26,000) became 12% Hispanic overnight. The monocultural town was totally unprepared. Schools struggled to cope with non-English speakers. A methamphetamine industry sprang up, which police blamed on Mexican gangs. Most of the new arrivals, like Gilberto Ortega, 36, from El Salvador, toiled long hours at jobs nobody else wanted. Ortega, a meatcutter, supported...
...better. But for some reason (possibly all the extra circuitry Microsoft had to pack into it) my Ultimate TV buzzed and hummed like a mini-fridge, even when powered down. I had to unplug it to get any sleep. So much for all those shows I wanted to record overnight...