Word: paraphernalia
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...with Chinese sporting company Li Ning, most NBA superstars aren't pitching Chinese products. (Foreign companies like Nike and Coca-Cola, however, have had success using NBA pitchmen in China, particularly last year when the country was wrapped up in Olympic fervor.) Pirating of NBA jerseys and other basketball paraphernalia is so rampant in China that it cuts into profits for the U.S. league. And even though China boasts its own professional basketball league, the market is so tightly controlled by the state that it's tough for foreign investors to make a foray into Chinese hoops...
Yeah, that answer surprised us too. The lecture hall was packed almost to capacity with a handful of undergraduates and an overwhelming number of crossword enthusiasts from the Boston area, easily identified by graying hair, thick glasses, and/or crossword paraphernalia. One woman wore a crossword grid scarf. Another carried a crossword grid tote bag. Flyby began to feel a little boxed in by all the black-and-white squares...
...true that I wish I could get my DHAs before the end of my season, use the trainer when I become injured, and spend a smaller portion of my life selling cheer paraphernalia to cover competition fees. However, when I pull on my Harvard crimson and white and show off the results of my endless practices, it’s all worth...
...Harvard time capsule dating back to 1900 features approximately 70 photographs of regular college fixtures that serve as a reference point for the project’s architects. It includes photographs of items such as beer steins, pipes, paraphernalia of membership in social clubs, and school banners taken by Julian Burroughs, class of 1901. The pictures have been preserved by the Harvard University Archives to depict daily student life at the University at the turn of the 20th century...
...understood over the last 150 years,” said Jenna A. Tonn, a first-year graduate student in the History of Science Department and a member of the course. “It’s probably the only exhibit about Darwin where you see everything on Darwin paraphernalia and bobbleheads to original copies of important texts by Darwin.” Melissa M. Lo, also a first-year graduate student in the course, said that evolution did not achieve its status as universal knowledge until biologists years later expounded the idea. Her role in the exhibition involved showcasing...