Word: overnighting
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...have entered the house unnoticed and set it ablaze. During the trial, Riner's attorney developed an unsubstantiated theory pointing the finger at a young man who dated William Fischer's older daughter. The defense claimed the boy was so distressed that the Fischers made him cut back on overnight visits once the baby was born that he devised a horrific plan of revenge. An independent investigator will re-examine the case...
...changed overnight," she continues. "There was a job to be done and there was far more support because it was a direct attack...
What provoked such a colossal break with tradition? Unsettled by this ominous development, I placed an urgent call to Topps headquarters in Duryea, Pennsylvania. Topps spokesperson Timothy X. Boyle tried to calm me down, assuring me that this was "not an overnight decision," but instead the product of two years' worth of deliberations and "a lot of brainstorming sessions." Small comfort, this...
This litany became tiresome fast. Overnight our president went from Persian Gulf victor and pioneer of the New World Order to an out of touch goof with "no vision." Now things will change back. The recession is over, and Bush will once again become "a good guy," just in time for November...
...from the housing complex are other signs of transformation. Melbourne's skyline is a jumble of gleaming glass-and-steel boxes, tossed up almost overnight in the 1980s property boom. But beneath the glitter there is gloom. Last year the Melbourne city council announced that the number of beggars in the streets had increased for the first time since the Depression. The gap between rich and poor grew worse in the past decade, typified by the activities of Australia's over-leveraged business tycoons, whose rise and fall earned the country much publicity overseas. A decade that academic Hugh Stretton...