On the first day of the competition, Mr. Dyantyi, the Cape Town-based driver who cried out as a taxi flew past him, had just successfully navigated a series of tight weaves and 90-degree reverse-turns through a maze of orange cones.

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At one point, the teenager forced Zimmerman to the ground -- his head hitting the pavement -- and he cried out for help.

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"The landscape cried out for an 18th-century structure, " says Ms. Winter, who runs a nonprofit historic preservation group.

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But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) cried foul, claiming that the Republicans had backed out of a bipartisan compromise, and promised that the Senate would not take up the matter until the House came around.

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GARCIA-NAVARRO: Like some bizarre cheerleader's duel, congressmen then cried out to each other in the ensuing hours.

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