Word: ring
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...back to Melbourne after crossing the continent from south to north. Geodynamics insists its prospects remain very much alive. Grove-White is so confident he's even come up with an advertising slogan for the pub: Have a cold beer from the hottest rocks. "It's got a nice ring to it," he says...
After New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was busted as Client No. 9 of the Emperors Club prostitution ring, the first and simplest question pundits asked was, Why do powerful men do this? (New York magazine succinctly answered with a picture of Spitzer, the label brain and an arrow pointing to his crotch.) Next came, Why do their wives stand by them?, for which many thinkers offered many theories...
...John McCain and Barack Obama begin their search for the perfect running mate, those on the short list can sit passively by, waiting for the telephone to ring. Or they can follow the advice of a range of political operatives from both parties who shared their tips with Time on how to go from vice-presidential hopeful to the chosen...
...from Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, but this improvised open-air arena in a remote town in southeastern Nigeria is where current WBC world heavyweight champion Samuel Peter first honed his jab. But while Peter may have moved on to fame and fortune, his hometown gym still lacks a ring. Its aspiring fighters share head-guards, gloves, even gum-guards, and the coach who discovered Peter still plods along in obscurity, living in a tiny one-bedroom shack behind a palm-wine bar. Indeed, Coach Ade Young knows better than most just how little glamor is involved in boxing...
...punch of the evening's sparring is thrown, the area in front of the gym empties out. The bystanders start their motorcycles and head off to Uyo's bars to drink potent beer and palm-wine. Women with bundles balanced on their heads walk past the edge of the ring, paying no attention to the sweat-soaked men. The boxers mingle around the gym, discussing that evening's fights. They don't leave; they have no place else...