Word: ashe
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...water, looking straight inland and over beyond Del Mar, you saw the smoke rising from the area around Rancho Santa Fe, suffusing the air all around with ash. Says Gudim, "You couldn't look inland, you couldn't look at the shore because you'd see mounds of ash. You'd be inhaling ash." But that didn't stop the surfer. He still wanted to catch those perfect waves. And, on Monday, with a bandanna tied around his face to filter out the ash...
...Musharraf’s waning public support has provided Bhutto with an opportunity to return to power. If Bhutto hopes to be reelected she will have to galzanize a deeply divided Pakistan that has come to question Bhutto’s intentions in returning. Gowher Rizvi, director of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, said that in striking a deal with a dictator, Bhutto may be undermining her credibility. “There has been serious questions about her popularity,” said Rizvi, who is a lecturer in public policy...
...obsolete. After a brief honeymoon of unanimous opinions in obscure cases, it is the same four Justices on the right and the same four on the left in one high-profile case after another, with Kennedy determining the law. Bombast, rhetorical excess and dueling opinions are thick as Pompeian ash...
...says Thomas Keller, owner and chef of swanky eateries Per Se in New York City and French Laundry in Yountville, Calif. Keller offers diners nine varieties--including an ancient Jurassic salt extracted from a Montana copper mine and the jet black Molokai salt, which gets its color from volcanic ash and pairs well with foie gras. He even tops his chocolate caramel dessert with fleur de sel from Brittany...
...firefighters and conscript soldiers battled to stop Parnitha's inferno from sweeping down the mountain's southern slopes and attacking the capital's suburbs. The government declared a tentative victory, but a brown cloud cloaked the city and filled it with a stench of smoke, while chalky gray ash rained down for days...