• When one of the judges plucked his entry out of the pile of also-rans, he was as astonished, and unprepared, as everyone else.

    ECONOMIST: Jorn Utzon

  • He much approves of the 18th-century English aristocrat who moved out of his crumbling pile in order to admire, from his new house on the hill, how quickly wild nature took control of the elegant rooms he had lived in.

    ECONOMIST: Dust and decay

  • The only winner is the White House, which is trying to paint him as an out-of-touch patrician who has made his pile on the backs of ordinary Americans.

    BBC: It could get even nastier for Mitt Romney

  • The 34 others have some form of guaranteed "high-risk-pool" capped-cost coverage that is nonetheless expensive enough to drown many potential customers in debt, and limited enough to pile large out-of-pocket costs on those who can afford the premiums.

    FORBES: Post-Job Health Care: Cobra And Beyond

  • Fresh off unveiling its BlackBerry 10 operating system and two new phones, the company tried to keep its badly needed momentum going with a 30-second spot in which a guy uses the new BlackBerry Z10 to set himself on fire, grow elephant legs and magically turn an out-of-control big rig into an exploding pile of rubber duckies.

    CNN: Breaking down the Super Bowl tech ads

  • But whenever you have a big award ceremony out here the Grammys, the Emmys, this weekend's Golden Globes a logjam of events pile up around them, capitalizing on the influx of out-of-towners as well as the readiness, willingness and ability of celebrities to pose for a few pictures and give a few slaps on the back.

    WSJ: L.A. Story: Paintings, Ponies, Prizes

  • His office is clean, his out-box is full, his pile of books has disappeared.

    NEWYORKER: The TV

  • Leicester won the resulting line-out and Moody emerged from a pile of bodies to claim the try.

    BBC: Leicester 19-14 Worcester

  • Officials in Durban deployed teams to taxi ranks and train stations across the city to pass out 100-day badges, while in front of City Hall a pile of 100 footballs was set out, with one to be given away each day until 11 June.

    BBC: South Africa ready for Cup, says Fifa's Sepp Blatter

  • "Wow, look at that mound out there--boy, oh boy, " says Huizenga, pointing at the pile of hot, stinking garbage, his lips curling into a smile.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In recent days, she pulled out her lover's gift of the violet bazin with the flame-patterned brocade from the bottom of a pile of clothes she was not allowed to wear under the city's occupiers.

    NPR: Woman In Timbuktu Punished For Forbidden Love

  • That's where I see a T-shirt, folded in a pile, with a brash, block-lettered phrase that is so mystifying and out-of-sync with the concerned image a nervous NFL is trying to present right now, that at first I double-take.

    WSJ: At NFL Shop at Draft, a Rough Find

  • You simply sweep your whole pile of chips into old-economy stocks, then puff on a cigar and wait out the coming convergence of valuations.

    FORBES: Digital Rules

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