Word: paints
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Piles of red brick clutter the roadsides. Stacks of concrete drainage pipes fill parking lots. Newly resurfaced roads snake past rows of temporary housing, while stores do a brisk trade in paint and window frames. Like countless places in China, this corner of central Sichuan province is undergoing a building boom. But this is no typical growth story. When I was here six months ago, bodies jutted from the pancaked floors of collapsed buildings and lined rubble-strewn streets. Tens of thousands of homeless crowded into sports stadiums, and millions more slept in tents. The highway was riven with cracks...
...Kenyi and Lin ran circles around the perimeter during the first half, while Wright dominated the paint in the second. With McNally running the show, Wright making his first three shots from the field, and freshman forward Peter Boehm shooting key three-pointers down the stretch, the Crimson played like a team to keep an eye on in the Ivy League race...
...tailgate? Does this mean we have to watch the game? - 24% 4. Outfit for the Game a) The classic: Harvard hat, Crimson Crazies t-shirt, and Harvard hoodie - 87% b) Old school: Overcoat, Grey suit, white shirt, and Grandpa’s Harvard bowtie - 2% c) State school: Body Paint - 11% 5. Reason why you’re rooting against Yale: a) Obligatory hatred for those lower on the “US News and World Report” College Rankings - 92% b) Still bitter after rejection - 8% c) I’m transferring there next fall - 0% 6. After...
...Pfoho gong drama of ’99. Our ancestral sense of house spirit was called forth. We wanted to be a part of a petty demonstration of house pride like that displayed on Housing Day. And since beer was involved, we were ready with our war paint...
...Police went to arrest the offender and were pelted with eggs, chunks of concrete and balloons filled with paint and urine. The police responded by charging into the crowd, clubbing bystanders and yelling "Kill! Kill!" in what one report later termed a "police riot." Across the country, Americans watching on television gave their verdict: Serves the damn hippies right. Democrats, who had won seven of the previous nine presidential elections, went on to lose seven of the next...