Word: switchings
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...thought occurred to me, fittingly, during a commercial. With all the seriousness of President Bush trying to name the capital of Afghanistan, it dawned on me that, in the next few minutes, I would have to make a painful decision. Watch through the end of Law & Order, or switch channels and see Amanda Peet on The Tonight Show...
...Saturday, the senior switch-hitter went 2-3 in both games of a doubleheader against Cornell, and in the process hit safely in his 22nd consecutive game—a new Harvard record...
...audacious, relaxing unarmed on the crowded seashore. But though he appeared at ease, he took meticulous precautions against Israeli agents. Two bodyguards drifted over to surround him while he toweled off and dressed, and then they climbed into the backseat of our car beside him. We were told to switch on the air-conditioner so the windows would turn opaque with steam as he explained why he had chosen to live an assassin's life. "It's not a hobby to kill, you know," said Mohammed, which, of course, was not his real name. "When we attack, the voice...
...leavens this detailed history with dry asides. After ticking off two decades of techniques used to delay action on climate change--question the science, claim that the problem lies far off in the future and then switch to saying it's too late to do anything--he drolly notes, "The Bush Administration moved through this string of evasions in half a presidential term...
...despite the modicum of success he’d enjoyed, the novelty of switch-pitching wasn’t attractive enough to keep Brunnig from neglecting his newly-learned dexterity...