Word: slews
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...Accordingly, they merchandised Louis' innate dignity and sold him as a shy family man given to choice utterances like "He can run, but he can't hide" and, during World War II, "We are on God's side." The champion did not disappoint his public. He KO'd a slew of contenders in his famous "Bum of the Month" campaign of the '30s and '40s, obediently served in the segregated army, raised money for the war effort and spread racial amity...
...softball schedules require a slew of double-headers, games tend to come in bunches. And for this year’s Harvard squad, so do wins and losses...
...only offensive skill position at which the Crimson currently professes a degree of certainty is tailback, where sophomore Clifton Dawson, who comfortably shattered a slew of Crimson rushing and scoring records a season ago, will return to threaten his own marks...
...case of PetroChina is one where moral concerns clearly override the University’s legitimate desire to avoid having its investment decisions held hostage to a potential slew of causes. PetroChina’s parent company, China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), is a leading partner with the Sudanese government in the country’s production of oil, a major funding source for the government’s sanctioned genocide of the people of Darfur. A 40 percent stakeholder in a major Southern Sudanese oil concession, PetroChina’s parent company is also increasingly difficult to distinguish from...
...World Bank officials acknowledge that the project carries considerable risks, but they believe they've made them manageable. Underpinning their faith, says Porter, is a slew of economic reports and social and environmental impact studies they demanded of developers?all of which have been made available for public scrutiny. The Bank believes there are enough safeguards and mitigation measures now in place to minimize the impact of the dam and insists it has extracted guarantees from the Laos government that revenue will be used to reduce poverty...