Word: augustness
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...knows Robbie Mackenzie. He's a poacher, and once served four months in prison for killing 49 deer in one weekend. Mackenzie is right at home in the landscape, with the double-humpbacked mountain of Suilven and the Abhainn na Clach Airigh River rushing through the moorlands. But last August, as he strode out to bag his first stag of the season, everything seemed unfamiliar. For the first time in his 42 years, Mackenzie didn't have to look over his shoulder. For the first time, he wasn't a criminal trespassing on the property of absentee landlords. Who owns...
...favor, since Fox, Disney and Sony plan to release films only on the Blu-ray format, while Warner and Paramount plan to launch titles in both. But it isn't as easy as simply waiting for Blu-ray either: the initial players, expected in July or August, will list for $1,000 or more, as opposed to the $500 list price for Toshiba's first HD DVD player...
...Tiguas' wrath. Three days after they returned from the Scottish golfing trip, according to Volz's plea agreement, Volz "told Ney what Abramoff wanted him to say" in a meeting with the Tiguas. The Tiguas' lawyer, Mark Schwartz told the Senate Indian Affairs committee that at the August meeting, "Congressman Ney was very animated about Mr. Abramoff's skill and repute as a leader in the lobbying circles." Schwartz testified that "We were told about the impending success of Mr. Abramoff's legislative plan and how much Congressman Ney wanted to help to restore the Tribe's ability to conduct...
...while the free meals, luxury sky box tickets and other gifts Abramoff spread around Washington have gotten a lot of powerful people in trouble over the last year, one junket that he arranged is proving particularly damaging. In August 2002, Abramoff flew Reed, Safavian, Congressman Bob Ney of Ohio, and Ney's former chief of staff, Neil Volz, on a rented Gulfstream II jet to St. Andrews, Scotland, for five days of golf, food and merriment. In the last few weeks, court action and new e-mails have tainted all four guests on the trip...
...first-ever issue, dated August 1980, the iconic style magazine i-D exhorted its youthful readership to "join us on the run" through the worlds of fashion, art, music and street culture. Just over 25 years later, it isn't merely still running?it's setting the pace for a whole new generation of divas, scenemakers and designers. The magazine is commemorating its quarter-century with i-Dentity, a touring exhibition that charts its progress from parochial house journal of London's punk movement to a global fashion title featuring such figures as Madonna, Kate Moss and Kylie Minogue...