Word: standing
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Would she stand there sullenly and scrape off the cake particles from her face and hair...
Once a team floundering at the bottom of their division, Radcliffe Rugby finished the fall regular season undefeated. Now in the playoffs, only two games stand between the recently reinvigorated team and a spot at nationals in the spring...
...what's baffling, say the study's authors, is that obesity does not stand out as a risk factor in severe cases of seasonal influenza. "A lot of us are puzzling over this, because this is not a trend with seasonal influenza in the limited studies that have been done in that area," says Louie. "It may be that H1N1 does cause more aggressive viral pneumonia, and some pathologic studies suggest this [H1N1] virus does have an affinity for receptors in the lower lung, but nobody really knows...
...Among all the local races and ballot measures, three contests stand out as potential indicators of how Democrats and Republicans will fare in the 2010 midterms, and how much (or how little) Obama has changed the contours of American politics. (See an Election Day primer...
Crime weighs heavily on the minds of Detroit's middle class, although it's an issue few residents want to discuss. In some neighborhoods, armed guards stand watch outside houses of worship; in September a pastor shot a man trying to rob his church. In others, street barricades have been set up to help deter potential thieves...