Word: river
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...Galeria River, Rua Francisco Otaviano, is a mini-mall in Arpoador filled with cool shops selling surf gear, skateboards, in-line skates and climbing equipment...
...second day.“We had a whole range of conditions,” Kovacs said. “We had medium breeze and light air on Saturday, and then pretty heavy winds, which we’re not too used to seeing on the [Charles River], on Sunday.”The B division team of junior captain and skipper Jon Garrity and junior crew Kerry Anne Bradford finished eighth. Freshman John Stokes sailed with Garrity on Sunday as a heavy-air crew.Meanwhile, freshman Teddy Himler helmed his boat to an 11th-place finish in the C division.Although...
...with green beaded necklaces and an abundance of Guinness beer at the Queen’s Head Pub on Saturday—but their partying among shamrocks and leprechauns has come a long way from the original meaning of the holiday. The festivities featured a river dancer and an Irish band, as well as an abundance of Irish flags and green paper streamers. Several inflatable plastic leprechauns were nestled among the beer steins behind the bar. The event’s river dancer, Whitney L. Kress ’08, gestured to the room’s decorations and said...
...Madame Chairwoman - The Lone Star State of Texas, home of the Longhorns and the Aggies, birthplace of Buddy Holly and the Dixie Chicks, where the Brazos River rises and then touches the sea...proudly casts its 228 votes for...um, hang on, a minute, Madame Chairwoman, we're still counting...
...that extended for 14 miles (23 km) in each direction, divided in the middle by the mighty Euphrates, and fortified by five sun-dried mud-brick walls, each up to 23 ft. (7 m) thick. The walls guarded a spectacular inner city, whose grand streets ran parallel to the river. Between 1899 and 1917, German archeologists unearthed decorative elements that demonstrate the importance of Nebuchadnezzar's cosmic vision. Along Babylon's main thoroughfare, the Processional Way, there were palaces whose glazed bricks were adorned with 120 images of lions to honor Ishtar, the goddess of love and war. The road...