Word: riding
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While the Crimson lost just one match on the round-robin tournament--sophomore Rosie Stovell lost to her Trinity opponent--it was not the smooth ride the final records show...
Tufts University tried a walking escort, but shut down the service after two years because students preferred to ride the shuttles...
THEY ARE, BY THEIR OWN CREDIBLE ACCOUNTS, TWO ordinary Britons tripped up by circumstances. Paul Ride, 33, a catering manager employed in Kuwait, says he was forced into Iraq by soldiers during a business trip near the border. Michael Wainwright, 41, claims he was admitted to Kurdistan by Iraqi guards while visiting Turkey. Both are now serving long terms for illegal entry, and Iraq has tied their fate to a payoff demanded of the British government growing out of the Gulf...
...resolved speedily "if the British government shows sympathy toward the hardship of the Iraqi people." Translation: Britain must free $923 million in Iraqi assets frozen since Desert Storm. London has signaled no deal, vowing to keep the funds until Iraq meets United Nations-mandated disarmament and political guidelines. Ride and Wainwright remain hostages...
...ride, the old man pays 300 rubles, worth about 50 cents at the latest exchange rate but a stiff 10% of the average pensioner's monthly income. Ordinarily, Artyom would have refused anything less than 600. "Sometimes I give them a break," he concedes...