Word: armfuls
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...last, and just most annoying, of all, he will walk into my tiny cubicle, not paying attention to what I am doing-oftentimes when I am on the phone, mid-sentence with a customer-and whack me on the arm to get my attention...
...firm position against capital punishment, we welcome the likely outcome of this scenario—a lifetime prison sentence, rather than a lethal injection, for Moussaoui. Yet, it will arrive due to less-than-fortunate circumstances. This episode reveals an impermissible misconduct from the executive branch and its prosecuting arm. True, it is no easy task to prosecute immensely complex cases against terrorist suspects. But considering the vast amount of resources required to build and prosecute a case like Moussaoui’s, the Department of Justice must be much more careful with its own and other lawyers assisting...
...soon realize that his insults are actually a reflection of his own anxieties of personal shortcoming. As an Italian-American, he desperately wishes to assimilate into American culture—his ultimate dream would be to have a cliché American last name, a brunette on his arm, and a successful writing career with which he could erase his ethnic heritage. Hayek’s Camilla feels similarly toward her Mexican background. She has changed her last name from Lopez to Lombard and trades in her comfortable guaraches for elegant white heels after she meets Bandini. However, Camilla is willing...
...deal with Tehran. The U.S., supported by Britain and France, wants to escalate pressure on Iran and set ultimatums; Russia and China - both of whom hold veto power in the Council - want less pressure and more time for a negotiated solution to work. But underlying the diplomatic arm-wrestling are conflicting agendas and interests, chief among those Washington's. And now that the Bush Administration has ratcheted up the rhetoric about Iran in recent days, questions over Washington's real intentions may make any resolution of the crisis that much harder to achieve. Here...
...author of the Booker prizewinning The Blind Assassin, came up with the idea for a telerobotic writing device that permits an author to remotely inscribe books. The first public test of the LongPen, which can transmit a pen stroke written on an electronic tablet to a robotic pen-wielding arm, took place last week. Atwood, at a book fair in London, prepared to sign books across the Atlantic: in New York City and Guelph...