Word: planked
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...raiders saw through the tomb's wood-plank roof. Wearing GAS MASKS, the gang now has access to the burial chamber--and all the treasures it contains...
...John Edwards has a plank on his platform that is youth-oriented”—an ambitious “College for Everyone” plan to supplement work-study grants for first-year students, “but it is not resonating yet,” Chavez said...
...decision to stay at home: "Too bad for him." Well, too bad for everybody. What has been demonstrated in this ridiculous affair is that opportunistic politicians can still make political hay out of ugly national stereotypes. Berlusconi finally, reluctantly, forced an unrepentant Stefani to walk the plank Friday night, but the damage had been done. Schröder may not feel the Adriatic breezes wafting through his naturally brown hair this summer, but he has gauged the winds of his electorate perfectly. A poll conducted for the daily Die Welt last week showed that 66% of respondents approved of Schr...
...ground. Even those who have been accessible in the past don't sleep in their homes and have stopped using their cell phones, which can reveal their whereabouts. But whatever the Israeli crackdown has or has not done to Hamas, it has surely weakened Abbas' position. The central plank of his program to advance the road map--a cease-fire from all the Palestinian terrorist groups--looks less and less likely. While that trend continues, Abbas will be marginalized. "He's active in making phone calls and receiving them," says a Palestinian Cabinet minister. "The Palestinian government, these days...
...cross a plank into the next building, where the steamed rice is fermented. Doi proudly shows me a Tupperware container holding what looks like green tea ground to powder. It's mold, a key ingredient that is mixed into the steamed rice, which is then spread onto platforms in a sauna-like, cedar-paneled chamber, where the heat and humidity help the mold spores grow. To this mixture Doi will add yeast and water to trigger fermentation...