Word: rhode
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...good look at the age of 54, and as much as I thought I could use a face-lift, I said my feet need it so much more than my face. Because there's stuff you can do with your face. But when you have bunions the size of Rhode Island and Delaware, you need to get surgery on them...
Other Defense contracts have resulted in commercial ships getting some extra-special defense. Maersk (the owner of the Alabama, whose captain was rescued Sunday) won a deal last November to transport naval jet fuel from South Korea to the Indian Ocean in a 856-foot tanker, the Maersk Rhode Island. A 12-strong Force Protection team was tapped to travel on that. Involved in prepo for decades, the Norfolk, VA-based shipper last January also won a deal estimated at $316 million to deliver defense equipment, mail and PX merchandise globally...
Riding the Downturn That's certainly true for Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky. Classmates at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), they moved to San Francisco a few years ago with the vague intention of starting a business. Their eureka moment occurred in October 2007 when a huge design conference decimated the supply of hotel rooms in the city. They decided to try their idea without mapping it out. (See which businesses are bucking the recession...
...really found his fastball,” Walsh said, expressing confidence in the sophomore. “If he gets his curve going—that’s his out pitch.”Of concern to the Crimson is also its game tomorrow against Bryant in Rhode Island. “Two games midweek can really put a toll on our staff,” Walsh said. “But we’re going to have to muddle our way through.”The Huskies, like Harvard, are no stranger to extra-inning games...
...Mitchnick’s commitment to teaching has been noted by faculty and students alike. After attending a creative and performing arts magnet school for four years, going to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) seemed like a logical choice for Kayla A. Escobedo ’12. Yet, Escobedo’s visit to Nancy’s classroom in October of 2007 led to a change of course...