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...Saudi royal family.” I was on the floor of the FleetCenter and heard as the line was greeted first by silence—had he really gone there?—and then by loud cheers of approval. The attack has since become a regular refrain on the Kerry stump...
...told him what to do," she recalls. "He would see me around the house and say, 'Why can't you do more?' It took a while for him to realize I was actually working." Eventually, they decided Bob would compose his own to-do list, and Janet would refrain from criticizing. "Now he says I'm the messy one!" she says, laughing...
What these restrictions will do is limit the amount of “soft” alcoholic beverages consumed at the tailgate even further, because underage fans will refrain from carrying around easily distinguishable cans and bottles of beer in favor of more easily concealable liquor. From an alcohol poisoning standpoint, that is a lethal blow, due to the relatively diluted nature of beer compared to hard alcohol. With the former, it takes a very concerted effort to become dangerously intoxicated, but with the latter, a simple miscalculation can punch your ticket...
...benefits from making the discussion on the matter less than straightforward, and that is the major problem with how Friday’s column was presented. If the council is going to mature in its own abilities and in students’ estimations, then members must refrain from purposefully distorting the debate...
...burden has been blamed for several high-profile Olympic chokes in previous Games, most recently Tsukahara's meltdown in Sydney, when he plunged off the pommel horse and ruined his chances of a medal in the individual all-round event. "I'm very sorry," he said, in a common refrain from Japanese Olympians. "I wish I hadn't disgraced my nation." Four years later, Tsukahara has broken free from these emotional shackles. "Yes, I'm happy for my country," he said, just minutes after accepting his first-ever Olympic gold. "But I'm also happy for my family, my coach...