Word: racetrack
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...plate in less than a second. Then everyone hangs out for an eternity. During this time, the pitcher rubs the ball, the batter adjusts his jock, the manager spits tobacco on his shoes, the batboy sprints across the field for no apparent reason, the owner sells a racetrack, the designated hitter does a line of coke, the fat slob in the fourth row spills his beer, the usher sells a We're Number One felt finger, the mascot kisses a bikini-clad fan, the general manager exiles a third baseman to Cleveland for a player to be named later...
...awed: he was looking at just a portion of the largest scientific instrument ever built. Known as the large electron-positron collider, this new particle accelerator is the centerpiece of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research and one of Europe's proudest achievements. LEP is a mammoth particle racetrack residing in a ring- shaped tunnel 27 km (16.8 miles) in circumference and an average of 110 meters (360 ft.) underground. The machine contains 330,000 cubic meters (431,640 cu. yds.) of concrete and holds some 60,000 tons of hardware, including nearly 5,000 electromagnets, four particle detectors...
...philosophy is that this is not a portfolio that you should take to the racetrack," Cabot says. "But within that umbrella of protection of capital, if we're going to keep Harvard as the preeminent organization, then we must produce superior returns and you can't do this unless you take risks...
...catastrophe has befallen my country." So Hock, 42, a textile-factory worker explained his shock and outrage: "They sent the troops out to kill these young people, people the army is supposed to protect. They are worse than beasts." At a rally last Sunday at the Happy Valley racetrack, Legislative Council member Martin Lee told a crowd, "I believe it ((the crackdown)) is the work of very old men who cling to power and are prepared to sacrifice . . . millions of lives. I think they have gone mad." Lee then promptly resigned as a member of the Basic Law Drafting Committee...
...Nothing. I cannot leave Hong Kong. The people in Tiananmen Square are my brothers and sisters. They have the same blood as I do. I am Chinese." The unaccustomed outpouring of emotion left many demonstrators teary-eyed. Even the colony's upper crust showed its support by allowing a racetrack owned by the exclusive Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club to be used during the massive protests last Sunday...