• The new coalition is an odd-looking assortment of Christian Democrats and free-market liberals of the Democratic Union, plus a gaggle of Greens (themselves a front of three separate parties), conservatives and social democrats.

    ECONOMIST: Slovakia

  • Today, customers who have credit cards embedded with that technology have the option of waving a card in front of a reader, instead of using a traditional swipe method.

    WSJ: Google Pursues Role in Mobile Payments

  • There were 150 hectares of heathland on fire with a fire front of about a mile-and-a-half.

    BBC: Rhossili Bay holiday cottage evacuated after grass fire

  • To launch the tablet, Kapil Sibal, the minister of human resources and development, communications and information, gave a lofty speech in front of a crowd of students in New Delhi.

    CNN: Announcing the $49 computer tablet

  • After the much-fancied Spanish had slipped to a shock defeat in their opening game against Switzerland on Wednesday, they needed to produce a performance in front of a large contingent of their expectant fans at Ellis Park.

    BBC: Spain 2-0 Honduras

  • The striker redeemed himself with his goal, but on a night when quality was at a premium in front of a sparse crowd of just 7, 515, the watching Fulham manager Mark Hughes will have seen little to fear ahead of Bolton's visit to Craven Cottage on Sunday.

    BBC: Wigan 0-1 Bolton

  • There's a Jackie Robinson section that includes a laminated copy of a front page story of Robinson's early days.

    CNN: Honoring '42' comes slowly in legend's hometown

  • Pointing a loaded weapon at anybody is grounds for a felony charge of assault, and brandishing a gun in front of a police officer is an affront to law enforcement that is seldom taken lightly.

    NEWYORKER: A Loaded Gun

  • His cramped Houston apartment gets the point across by having no wall between the young couple and the widow, and his cross-section of a bus in front of a starry sky is visually clever.

    WSJ: Review: Tyson sublime in 'The Trip to Bountiful'

  • Police in New York have arrested a woman in connection with the death of a man pushed in front of a subway train.

    BBC: US & Canada

  • The older wines call for a little more contemplation, the accompaniment of something on the order of a fine cigar in front of a roaring fire.

    FORBES: Wine & Spirits

  • At the makeshift showroom, two sociable poodles welcome visitors who are seated on a sofa in front of a coffee table weighted down with stacks of fashion magazines.

    FORBES: Special Report

  • The organization, known for its black, green and white label with an image of a person holding a bowl in front of a globe, says it's working with small businesses like PrAna, which sells yoga pants and other sportswear items to merchants like REI and Zappos.

    NPR: Shoppers Face Hurdles In Finding Ethical Clothing

  • "There will still be a difficulty getting out of the car and finding your way to a front door of where you're headed, once it has parked itself, " he says.

    BBC: Blind drivers at the steering wheel

  • "I'm still digesting it, " he told me when he came in to our studio in Jerusalem, still visibly affected by the privilege of sitting in a front row of history.

    BBC: Will Obama visit prompt new round of peace talks?

  • Individuals can still push a case in front of a jury to decide why their car surged inexplicably out of control, said Aaron Twerski of Brooklyn Law School.

    FORBES: NASA Report Makes Life Tougher For Lawyers Suing Toyota

  • Yet they were splashed across the front pages in March when Zara gave Johnson a kiss in front of a huge crowd after he won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Rooster Booster.

    BBC: Zara eyes Olympic spot

  • After submitting a two-page summary, the 300 applicants that make the first cut are invited to Boston to present a 20-minute pitch in front of a panel of local angel investors, venture capitalists and CEOs.

    FORBES: MassChallenge: A Colossal Startup Accelerator That's 100% Free

  • The first came against Cedric Pioline in front of a hostile crowd in France, while the second installment saw him beat Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in front of a partisan crowd in his home town of Melbourne.

    CNN: Surf and volley: Life's a beach as 'The Scud' finds peace

  • You will not find me cursing in a taped interview, a video clip or in front of a room full of people who may or may not be paying to hear me speak.

    FORBES: The Case For Polite

  • In typical outsize Branson fashion, the 61-year-old rappelled from the ceiling of the hangar now called the "Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space" and, while dangling in midair, chugged from a bottle of champagne in front of a large crowd to celebrate.

    WSJ: The Weekend Interview with Richard Branson: Space��The Next Business Frontier

  • The Wii console is the size of a remote control, and seniors swing it in front of a computerized image of a bowling alley or tennis court.

    FORBES: When I'm 64...

  • Another client inexplicably age-regressed and took on the behavior of a young child in front of a new board member.

    FORBES: Stop Reacting! Start Responding: How to Hack Your Brain Part 2

  • In another case, I took a shot of a bush about 8 feet in front of a fieldstone wall.

    WSJ: Lytro Takes Fresh View on Picture Taking

  • Making use of a table, a lamp, the front of the stage and a cast of hand-drawn marionettes, The Paper Cinema told two classic tales.

    BBC: Jersey - Cardboard cartoons and improv

  • "Usually when you think of black, you think of a sleek Ferrari or something like that, " he says, standing in front of a wall of the room's cantilevered bookshelves.

    WSJ: All The Pretty Houses

  • Maybe they'd do a blog, getting someone like Cory in front of a lot of MS peeps sounds like a good idea to us.

    ENGADGET: Microsoft Research DRM talk

  • The Parma midfielder struck on 18 minutes to decide a fiercely-fought contest in front of a large crowd of ex-pats at the London home of Queens Park Rangers.

    BBC: Australia 1-0 South Africa

  • At one corner, I saw a cop grabbing the arm of a woman in front of me and pulling her into the street.

    CNN: My arrest at Occupy Wall Street

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