Word: scrumming
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...presidential candidates aren't the only ones vying to get in front next year. Tired of the outsize roles New Hampshire and Iowa have played in the nomination process, more than a dozen other states, including Nevada (see page 54), are joining a virtual presidential-selection scrum, hoping to grab a slice of the influence early voters get to exert. Here are some other states that have officially moved up their primaries. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] STATE DATES POSSIBLE IMPACT ALABAMA Old: June New: Feb. 5 A critical gauge of who will carry...
Voltaire must be spinning in his grave. Just down the Parisian hill from where the Enlightenment's greatest satirist is interred, a noisy scrum of intolerance is drawing any public figure with an image to market, clamoring to deliver a sound bite before the row dies down and the cameras move...
...vision. When a running back takes the football from the quarterback, chaos greets his line of sight: a dozen massive men pound one another at the line of scrimmage, trying to create, or prevent, a split-second opening for the back to slip through. Tomlinson's eyes process the scrum like internal software, letting him spot the holes. "It seems like things are happening in slow motion, and you're kind of moving through everything with ease," Tomlinson says. "It's a nice feeling...
...charter change, has become the Philippines' preferred catchphrase for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's push for a constitutional amendment that would shift the nation from an American-style bicameral legislature to a single-house parliamentary system. But political wrangling over the proposal is looking more like a rugby scrum than a pas de deux...
...four people out there were confused on their positioning,” Sifers said. “There was nothing our goalie could have done.”The Crimson managed to get on the scoreboard 7:01 into the second period, as freshman Randi Griffin broke through the scrum in front of the net to tie the game, 1-1.But the Huskies quickly countered with a goal of their own, as UConn’s Dominique Thibault found the back of the net one minute later, reclaiming the lead, 2-1.After Thibault was sent to the box for checking, Harvard capitalized...