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...take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street or in the garden or in the park or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it, whose fault is it--the cats' or the uncovered meat?" SHEIK TAJ ALDIN AL HILALI, Muslim cleric in Australia, implying in a sermon that it would be the fault of an unveiled woman if she was raped because her lack of a covering would tempt...
...China doesn't like being told what to do in its own backyard by the United States. But neither its leaders in Beijing nor the ordinary working people of Dandong hide their frustration with the North Koreans. Squatting by the side of the road and smoking a cigarette, a young Chinese man clears his throat and spits. "Those stupid bastards, look how far they are behind us." He gestures to the other side of the river where the trucks crossing the bridge disappear into a solid wall of night, the electricity-starved North Korean town bathed in blackness. The flashily...
...Personally, I love my parents. They help me with a lot of difficult decisions, like whether I should use hot or cold water with the washing machine. I even enjoy hanging out with them while they tell me exciting news from home, like which birds have been frequenting our backyard feeder or about the new “yield” sign on our street. But let’s face it: When our parents come to visit us in college, our stress meter reaches...
...want for Christmas is a backyard water park ($100,000) and a spaceflight ($1.7 million). You can order both from Neiman Marcus, which just unveiled its extravagant 2006 Christmas Book...
...backyard was spacious by oft-cramped Capitol Hill standards. Foley was probably the oldest in a small crowd that downed burgers and hot dogs in addition to plenty of beer and probably a good many gin and tonics. Fordham was there, as I recall, and some of Foley's other aides, including some attractive young women. One or two other reporters were there in addition to my colleague...