Word: barings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sometimes the whole thing comes unglued, as it did last year when she posed for Vanity Fair clutching a satin stole to her bare chest. Then it seems as if the fault lines in the culture run right through her. Reactions to the photo ranged from outrage on her behalf to outrage against her, along with told-you-sos and no-big-deals. A 16-year-old can hardly be expected to grasp the nuances of such tempests, so it's understandable that Cyrus sounds coached on the subject: "I'm here to be a role model...
Expect a two-day slog through dense rainforest, bare-bones style camping and blisters. From Guatemala City, it's a short flight to Flores, where you can organize guides, mules and equipment through a local outfitter (try www.nitun.com). The trail proper starts at the village of Carmelita and the wise will arrive in dry season (November to May), when the rainforest is scorching but mosquito- and mud-free. The journey is utterly exhausting, of course, but your inner Indiana Jones will exult at your first glimpse of El Mirador - thought to be home to around 80,000 at one time...
...Kolay was supposed to include a squad of Afghan soldiers. But at the last minute, the ANA commander pulled out, saying his men weren't up to it. Howell has seen that sort of thing before. "A lot of times, the ANA commanders want to do the bare minimum," he says. "It's frustrating because this is a way for them to start working with the elders, the community. If they can't make that connection, then we won't be able to hand security over to them." Many U.S. soldiers complain that the ANA simply isn't ready...
...manage capitalism. But when the luminaries of what was once known as the "Third Way" movement, including G-20 host and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Vice President Joe Biden, gathered in Chile last weekend for the Summit of Progressive Leaders, the cupboard seemed remarkably bare of new ideas...
...Moten, Donald • accusations against that, during tenure of as Dallas high school principal, feuding students were sent by to settle things via bare-knuckle fistfights in steel cages, are denied...