Word: stringing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Police hope that two arrests made over the weekend will end a three month-long string of vending machine thefts, crimes that had become a high priority for officers at Boston-area schools...
...March-May sell-off rewarded only a few while ravaging many. Electric utilities, oil and some financial and left-for-dead health-care stocks have done well. But that's not where the money was. Popular techland has been a disaster. Last week the NASDAQ yo-yo busted its string and fell to a new low for the year, extending a slump in the most speculative stocks and grounding the likes of Intel, Dell, Cisco and Lucent...
...most underappreciated singers in country music is Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens, who turns 75 this year. Instead of being remembered for the fine ballad singer that he is, his main legacy is a string of rather silly novelty tunes (his biggest hit was "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose") perhaps engendered because crowds found it hard to take the less-than-five-foot Dickens seriously. It's a pity - he had a fine voice (it's a bit ragged now), some good material in his repertoire and a good heart...
...Head of the Charles should be a weekend of good sportsmanship, exciting races and good old fashioned fun. Unfortunately, by imposing strict rules on parties, and forcing us to register our guests, the administration is intent on making the Head of the Charles just another in a long string of unexciting weekends in the undergraduate experience...
...weekend of surprises in the Ivy League. Princeton's offense came alive and outperformed Brown. Quakers quarterback Gavin Hoffman continued his string of impressive offensive performances. And perhaps most improbable of all, the Big Green of Dartmouth won a game...