Word: seal
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...challenge of securing the loading and movement of containers is formidable. Anyone can lease one of the many millions of containers that circulate around the globe, then pack it with up to 65,000 lbs. of items, close the door and lock it with a seal that costs half a dollar. The box then enters the transportation system, with all the providers working diligently to get it where it needs to go as quickly as possible. Accompanying documents usually describe the contents in general terms. If the box moves through intermediate ports before it enters the U.S., the container manifest...
...thinking about you and Dr. King. If there is anything I can do to help, please feel free to call on me." Mrs. King replied that she'd be grateful for anything he could do. The next day his brother Bobby was calling the sentencing judge to seal a deal that would end with King's release...
...strong performance from the free-throw line to forge a 69-59 victory over Columbia (8-10, 1-4 Ivy) on Friday night. Harvard (12-6, 4-1) went 21-for-27 from the stripe on the game, including 9-of-10 over the final 5:39 to seal the win. The Crimson held a 56-53 lead with under six minutes to go when freshman point guard Drew Housman poked the ball away from Lions forward Dragutin Kravic as he crossed half court. Housman scooped up the loose ball and raced down the floor, finishing the layup while absorbing...
Braddock has had a year to live with his injuries and his new leg, which now sports a huge State of Washington seal. He calls the ugly seam where doctors sewed up his arm "my favorite scar." His right ankle, the one he was born with, gives him more problems than his prosthetic ankle. "I could take my shoe off to show you," he offers, "but it takes an act of God to get it back on." Then, while people around us are getting barbecue sauce all over their faces, he relives Jan. 13, 2005, the night...
...included an upset victory over league champion Penn last year, although certainly no match up elicits the emotion that pervades Lee for a battle between the oldest of the Ancient Eight. While Housman experienced the negative aspect of that emotion, Yale first-year point guard Chris Andrews, who helped seal the victory by scoring 10 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the free throw line in the final seven minutes, received a warm introduction to the power of his home crowd. “I got the sense from even when we first came out at warm-ups, that...