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...stood up, ripped off the rest of her clothing, and slowly reclined onto the bed. Roxanna uttered a small whimper of disapproval. She looked up at Frederick, then down at Felicity, then up at Frederick again. She could tell it was too late.“I will not abandon you in your time of sin,” she told Frederick huskily, and lay down next to Felicity.Frederick stood above them, his legs spread wide like a colossus, and began to unbuckle his trousers. He heard the drumbeat of anticipation in his ears. Too late, he realized what...
...dire has the piracy problem become that several international shipping companies have chosen to abandon the shortcut through the Suez Canal that requires their vessels to pass the Somali coast, and instead route them around South Africa. "As long as there is no firm deterrent, attacks will continue," said Noel Choong, chief of the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center in Kuala Lumpur. "The risks are low, and the returns are so high." And not only for the pirates, either...
...anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy has said it will abandon its occupation of Suvarnabhumi international airport and Don Muang domestic airport, and passenger flights are expected to resume. Protesters seized the airports last Tuesday, stranding an estimated 350,000 travelers and tourists and causing untold economic losses. The capital's patience for the occupation is wearing thin. "The PAD leaders must also be tried for breaking the law. They have trespassed on property and caused damage which they must pay for," Donavanik said...
...course, résumés are genuinely important down the line, and a rewarding college experience in many cases doesn’t preclude coming away with a good one. But students’ too-common error is to excessively focus on the final product, and unwittingly abandon other crucial aspects of college life. Even within the competitive environment at Harvard, it’s essential that activities and classes be treated as rare opportunities for intellectual and personal growth. If we do otherwise, we may not drown with Narcissus, but we will end up facing the world with...
...smile and the best power is love" is typical of the beatific remarks he ventures to anyone within earshot. The conventional explanation for this is that after a horrific near-drowning in the 2004 Asian tsunami, Li experienced a Siddhartha-style bolt of enlightenment and decided to abandon Hollywood venality for a life of good works. It makes great press, and Li does nothing to correct this idea, but the truth, naturally, is more complex. He was walking on a beach in the Maldives with his two small daughters and maid when the tsunami struck. The swells came...