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Adult Swim's success amid cable's smaller audiences may not be directly translatable to the big networks; its most popular programs, reruns of Futurama and Family Guy, first appeared on Fox and were canceled. But it suggests that those missing young men want surprises, not 15 more cop procedurals. Will the floundering networks take the lesson? Sure. When French fries talk...
...enclave of vine-covered colonial buildings and winding alleyways. The newer parts of the city attest to the commercial boom that resulted from China's more recent forays into international trade. Seafood is plentiful at the cafés strung along the sun-drenched beach. DUNHUANG Set amid dramatic white sand dunes in the northwestern province of Gansu, Dunhuang was once one of the main stops along the Silk Road. Nearby are some of the finest frescoes in all of China. Created between the 5th and 13th centuries A.D., these works of art, some of which show signs of Greek...
...military sappers. Overkill? Of course. The whole point is to put on a fireworks display so terrifying that it makes resistance seem futile. But "Shock and Awe" had little effect the first time around, and there's little reason to believe it will snuff out the insurgency - indeed, even amid the awesome display of firepower, some U.S. military officers on the ground expect that the insurgency will continue until the U.S. forces leave...
...Amid the jagged scars all over her body, there is a neat line of six holes from left knee to ankle, like vicious bites, where the rods of the external fixator held the bones in place for the first two months after her legs were broken. That came off June 26, she recalls. Lynch has a crisp memory for dates: how long she was in which hospital, which day she made which breakthrough--everything except the first, darkest moments of her captivity. Of those, she says she has no recollection. Otherwise, she is organized, thorough, precise. Perfect qualities...
Yale would mount a comeback, scoring amid a scrum in front not two minutes into the third. After that, play became more physical and both teams matched the other’s intensity over the final 18 minutes...