Word: shoo
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...Harvard men’s water polo team entered last year’s Northern Division Championships riding high. The squad was ranked No. 15 nationally and had earned the second seed in the prestigious tournament. The Crimson had to be considered a shoo-in for an Eastern Championships berth...
...doing a pretty woeful job. Its main attraction, a 37-meter replica of one of the famed Bamiyan buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, is mysteriously covered by a huge cloth, with only its giant feet poking out. When tourists try to approach the statue, security guards shoo them away. Instead, would-be guides shove pictures of the park's lesser draws under the few visitors' noses?perhaps a tour of a couple of fake, mildewy buddhas or a trip to a viewing pavilion that looks out on nothing much? Asked when the Bamiyan lookalike might be open...
...Objecting to FM’s choices, Basil R. Clarke ’06 is running an online poll to determine the 15 hottest first-year girls by popular vote. Clarke is a shoo-in for inclusion on the eagerly anticipated 15 Creepiest Freshman Dorks list?...
This is not an easy year to handicap the Oscar nominations, due to be announced Feb. 11. Nearly every category offers eight or ten plausible nominees, a marked rise from the typical six or seven. True, shoo-ins exist in every category, and, yes, Chicago and The Hours both stand to rake in numerous nods; nevertheless, this year’s nominations race is as wide-open as I’ve ever seen...
...their benefits 85%; Santa Monica, Calif., passed laws preventing them from sleeping in the doors of shops or receiving food from unlicensed providers; Madison, Wis., is handing them a record number of tickets; Seattle banned the sale of malt liquor and Thunderbird in Pioneer Square as its initiative to shoo away the alcoholics...