Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little extra money for the summer by umpiring at the little league fields where I myself had played as a child. The money was really a bonus though, in retrospect, I would have done it for free, and I still would. Where else can you get a front-row view of an 11-year-old first baseman wearing futuristic sunglasses, blowing a bubble, winking at a girl he wishes was his girlfriend and dropping a hard throw from the shortstop all at the same time...
...venerable Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the alma mater as well of John Galliano and Alexander McQueen (designers also snatched up to oversee ailing French houses). For extra training during her school years, she served as a tailor's apprentice to learn the art of Savile Row suitmaking...
When a man in the front row guffawed loudly, she quipped, "I've had you before. You had to take this class again, didn't you? You'll never be a lesbian...
...morning rolls on, hundreds of passengers shuffle in and out of the T-station with varying degrees of enthusiasm for the performer. Some take the "first row" in front of the musician, directing their full attention to the show. Others maintain a comfortable distance from Pumla, glancing frequently to catch a glimpse of the singer. And then there are those who pretend not to even notice the underground attraction, staring at the tracks, seemingly mesmerized by the scuffling mice below. But at least a handful of members from each of these groups end up emptying their pockets for Pumla before...
...after only 11 in 1988 and five since July." Giuffra was one of an influential "cabal" of conservative law clerks who used their proximity to the Justices to work against abortion rights and affirmative action and to try to cut back on the court's review of death-row appeals...