Word: wearings
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...Scorpios this week: just wait for your professor to split your seminar up into discussion groups next Tuesday. Then you will be a star. Just don’t let all that fame wear...
...This week's new spate of color-coded dissent underlines not only the political instability that has marked Thai politics for several years now but also the tricky task of what to wear in Bangkok. Thailand is a country obsessed by color scheme. In Bangkok, the hues people wear can indicate everything from their political leanings to the days on which they were born. According to Thai tradition, each day of the week is assigned a color. Born on a Monday? Your lucky color is yellow, as is the case for the country's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world...
...associated with red and the Democrats are linked with blue, politicians drift from those affiliations - Barack Obama, for instance, wore a red tie when he was sworn in as President, and outgoing President George W. Bush chose a blue tie for the occasion. But in Thailand, you literally wear your politics on your sleeve. When the protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stormed Bangkok's international airport last year, the air terminal turned bright yellow. The demonstrators chose shirts of that color because they wanted to show their support for the King, whom they alleged was being...
...shooting drills on American goalkeeping legend Kasey Keller or participating in position drills alongside Swedish great Freddie Ljungberg. The two international stars have played for English giants Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, respectively, and each player has captained his country.“It’s very cool to wear the same uniform and share a locker room with guys like that,” Fucito says. “The whole experience for me has been amazing.”Fucito flew out to Washington last week and has spent the last few days with the team. However...
...length. Partly to save money, partly because they did not realize the enormity of the task, Kranyak, along with her chef and sous-chef, renovated the new Cambridge space themselves. Kranyak said the former occupant’s seven year legacy included a lot of “wear and tear.” “For seven days a week, twelve hours a day, we ripped up the floors, painted the walls, we put in new ceilings,” she said of the renovations, which have left her mostly sleepless for the past week...