Word: silver
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...drivers. But across Europe--the hardest-drinking region in the world--almost all governments, including Britain's, prefer responsible-drinking campaigns premised on the idea that trouble flows from a small minority rather than from a whole culture tolerant of excess. Which means that Natalie, strapping up her silver sandals in the ladies' room at the Black Sheep Bar in Croydon, won't change her habits anytime soon. Binge drinking "is just what we do," she says. "We don't need to get drunk. We just do it because...
...length comedy concert, with his 1979 film Richard Pryor: Live in Concert. He was a hit in more traditional films too, winning an Oscar nomination for his nervy performance as Piano Man in the Billie Holiday biography Lady Sings the Blues, pairing with Gene Wilder in buddy comedies like Silver Streak and Stir Crazy, and showing his dramatic range as a doomed autoworker in Paul Schrader's Blue Collar...
...waters of class. As most everybody knows, the people who fight America’s wars tend to come from America’s most disadvantaged groups. This gives a populist tinge to a lot of militarist rhetoric. The troops whose mission I undermine every time I take the silver spoon out of my mouth long enough to speak are the same huddled masses my fellow liberals and I claim to be so concerned about when the subject is fiscal policy. More importantly, my decision—and the decision of other Harvard liberals—not to join...
...medal in the event with a time of 1:12.73. Bronze was not good enough for the ferocious competitor in Pangilinan as she determined to do better in her second event. Pangilinan competed in the 200-meter breaststroke later in the Games and bested her first result with a silver-medal performance. She touched the wall with a time of 2:35.58. “I was out of the water for three weeks so I basically got in a week before and then competed,” Pangilinan said. “I wanted to win and I ended...
...officer was dispatched to Lamont Library to a report of two individuals refusing to leave the area. The officer arrived and sent them on their way. 10:56 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to Loker Commons to take a report of a stolen Silver Sony Ericsson cell phone valued at $600. A search of the area proved negative for suspects. 11:41 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to a report of individuals running through the building. An officer arrived and searched the area with negative results...