Word: strays
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...minimize the damage. There's no time to put a roof on the pool or relocate the rowing venue that sits on waters so buffeted by gusts that the area is studded by windmills, but cleanup crews are removing litter from public squares, the city's thriving population of stray dogs is being tagged, and traffic restrictions have been enacted to ensure that at least the competitors will be able to get to the events. If it's any comfort, the ancient Games weren't a picnic for spectators either. Tony Perrottet, author of The Naked Olympics, describes the facilities...
...participants, but the trial is taking place in Redwood City, Calif.--a town of Silicon Valley commuters with little interest in a murder case from almost 100 miles away. One edition of the local paper last week gave the Peterson trial less play than a story about a stray cat that had tied up traffic on Route...
...always think that the presence of people who look like us on screen validates us,” she says. “Because of this yearning from an audience, I do feel a pull within myself to not stray too far for making things for this audience. I want to see brown people on screen...
...College as all-nighters and Tommy’s pizza. I was shocked that while students were accepting of almost all religious, racial and socioeconomic differences, many were intolerant of New Yorkers and specifically clung to an image of us as wealthy, snobby, arrogant and reticent to stray from your New York social group...
...subway. The Markopoulo Equestrian Center is "an Olympic venue par excellence," said British equestrian Matt Straker, attending a recent test event. Athens itself, an ancient city with enough noisy charm to put Sydney and Atlanta to shame, is being spruced up. Some of the city's 60,000 stray cats and dogs have been corralled. Billboards have been taken down and potholes filled. Organizers say they have already sold 1.8 million tickets, or 76% of their target, for €136 million. (An additional 3.5 million tickets go on sale next month.) They're expecting a full house, even though there...