Word: struck
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...mayor of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, returned to his city a day after a tsunami struck on Dec. 26. His first act: to show people how they could help themselves...
...solidarity among the people of Banda Aceh. And now I can't imagine how Aceh would be able to get back on its own feet without the solidarity of the world community. We lost 62,000 lives in Banda Aceh alone. It's been eight months since the tsunami struck. Look how slow the rebuilding of people's houses has been...
...Everyone thought he threw harder and sharper than he had since [an April 1 win against Princeton],” Brown said, referring to a jaw-dropping Ivy League debut in which the freshman struck out 11. “Adam’s a tremendous competitor. He wanted to put behind last week against Dartmouth. But then a couple of things happen...
...reason we’ve been playing two goalies,” Anderson said. “If something like that happened we’d have a guy ready to go.”...The first of Calvert’s three goals on Saturday struck the net with such force that it actually tore a hole in the goal, causing a slight delay in the game. Fittingly, Calvert holds the team-lead in points, having scored 38 on the season.—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...
...spent at local restaurants stays in the community, supports local farms and promotes the region's unique culinary taste. Now Dine Originals members are getting more creative with their marketing. Michael Klauber, owner of Michael's On East in Sarasota, Fla., and president of the largest Dine Originals chapter, struck a deal with local suppliers to get a small discount on purchases to be used for joint marketing. "I told them the more they help us fill seats, the more business they'll generate from us--and they got it immediately," says Klauber. He estimates that, thanks in part...