Word: rig
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...somewhat faded boy wonders, Boris Nemtsov and Grigory Yavlinsky, respectively. Their rivalry has prevented them from establishing an alliance, so both parties may fail to reach the 5% mark needed to qualify for the Duma. If the elections are true to past form, there will be some vote rigging. "In Moscow or in St. Petersburg, they rig the vote by 2% to 5%," Yavlinsky told TIME. "In some regions, they fix 50% of returns." "They" in this case are overzealous Putin supporters. Putin's freedom of maneuver in a second term depends largely on next week's results. An election...
...winds down at the Lone Star, steaks go on the grill, the wine bottles come out, and everybody has logged off. Well, almost everybody. Carol Norton was up late researching mortgage rates. And Jesse and Kara? The door to their rig was closed, but the sounds of battle were undeniable. Yup, says Jesse with an embarrassed laugh. "We were playing EverQuest...
...reality was far more industrial. Four large concrete buildings, flanked on both sides by loading docks, were surrounded by big-rig trucks. Names such as “A. Sarno & Co.,” “D’Arrigo Brothers” and “Marco Tomato” were the only decorative flourishes. Getting out of the car, I stepped into a pile of lychees that had seen better, fresher days. The stench of rotting tomatoes that littered the ground nearby was, shall we say, aromatic...
...quit college to work on an offshore oil rig...
...this subterranean search for the mother lode even deeper into the earth. It is a rugged if familiar ballet of industrial labor, repeated daily from a perch halfway up a 65-m-high steel tower. But this time the familiar scene is not taking place on a North Sea rig or in a dusty patch of Saudi desert. Instead, the 2,600-m-long steel drill is boring deep into a picturesque corner of Tuscany, fabled land of Renaissance frescoes and Chianti Classico. And the search is not for crude oil, but for boiling underground wells that can produce clean...