Word: sit
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...best to keep the tone light. He alluded to the town's relief over the end of the writers' strike by saying, "Welcome to the make-up sex." He confided to the viewing audience what the crowd at the Kodak Theatre does during commercial breaks: "Mostly we sit here making catty remarks about how you look at home." After making the mandatory joke about front-row perennial Jack Nicholson, he added, "The compulsories are over." I still prefer Stewart hitting the rage button on The Daily Show, but I can't dump on a monologue that ends a Barack Obama...
...action,” he said. “We lobby Congress, work on getting votes for legislative decisions, but we rarely take to the streets to convince people of our rights.” He asked, “Why haven’t activists staged sit-ins at military recruitment centers, which immediately kick people out if they declare their homosexuality?” I don’t have any good answer for him, but if recent American history is any indication, actions like these will be crucial in shifting the country’s landscape...
...main difference in their health care plans. Though both would make health care more affordable, Clinton would insist upon a requirement that every American have coverage; Obama would not, though he contends that lowering the cost would make nearly everyone decide to do it. Clinton said she would not sit down with Raul Castro until he had shown clear signs of political reform in Cuba; Obama said he would insist upon preparations, not preconditions. That distinction is hardly likely to sway many people in either Texas or Ohio...
...September of last year. Select essays were then sent to the National Division in October and applicants were notified if they got an interview or not later in October. The interviews were then held in November.“That was actually really neat about the process...you sit in on your interview and interviews happen throughout the day and all the applicants are there sitting around and waiting so you get to know people. And then that day they come in and tell you who gets it.” According to the scholarship’s official website...
...Officers were dispatched to Au Bon Pain to a report of an assault in progress. Officers arrived and spoke to the reporting party who stated that when they attempted to sit down at a table they were threatened by another individual. The reporting party states that the individual then kicked them and struck them in the knee. The individual then threatened to punch the reporting party. The reporting party said that they did not want to pursue the matter criminally. Officers located the individual who had an active no trespass warning for all of Harvard University property. Shea Roberts...