Word: pit
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...to’-gall’n’-m’st—taut as a forestay—aye, and a barrow-knight to boot, if all had their rights!” he exclaims.There is a split-second of silence from the wings and the pit as all eyes swivel towards the “fine, strapping, muscular young fellow”—and then, a burst of unscripted laughter. Gilbert and Sullivan might have intended Robin to be a mast-like man among men—but apart from his height, the thin...
...plane) have also spent 48 days on the island—but they only get an hour to talk about their tale! Get it—tail? Tale? When multiple people are taken by The Others, Ana Lucia smells a rat, and throws her suspect (Nathan) into that same pit she threw Michael, Jin, and Sawyer. Only problem is, she has the wrong guy! Oh, snap! An evil fellow named “Goodwin” actually conned everyone into thinking he was one of them. He led them right to The Others, and once she finds out the truth...
...riots far outnumber weighty local issues. The Institute of Politics group H-Vote tries desperately to get students registered to vote locally, but we make up only two percent of the voting public come election time, despite being a potentially decisive voting bloc.We value the city instead for its pit-stops, between which we float like bees pollinating, forming only the vaguest impression of the community around us, from Felipe’s, to Staples, to ABP. It would hardly be surprising to find that most Harvard students think the Cambridge streets are constructed of junk food and cheap stationary...
...Catalano says that most drug law violations in the area come from individuals not affiliated with the College who come on campus to find a place to light up. Enforcement, in sum, is more likely to target “pit kids” and the homeless than Harvard students...
...special election in California: The ebbing political strength of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger-who is up for reelection next year-will be tested in the results of four ballot initiatives that pit his government-reform agenda against organized labor. He wanted the special election, which will cost the state more than $50 million, but Republicans now think it may have been a mistake. On Saturday, a Schwarzenegger aide blocked perhaps his two most famous critics-liberal actor Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening-from crashing a gubernatorial event at an airport hangar in San Diego...