Word: bearings
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...matter what is said about what the nation will have to bear or suffer during the recession, it will not admit what the cognoscenti already know. The chances that the downturn will be over in a year are tiny. The odds that it will be over in two years are starting...
...Bear with me, but it took yesterday’s inauguration to cure me of my doubts once and for all. I grew up in Nebraska, where the prairies are broad and the minds are narrow. Or so I thought. My hometown, which comprises Nebraska Congressional District Two, split the state’s electoral votes for the first time, and gave one to Barack Obama, as blue a Democrat as ever dared to take on the Red Sea of the Midwest...
...dimly lit, spacious underground cavern, Buffalo Billiards is your typical crowd-accommodating billiards bar, with a "lodged-in-a-mountain-cabin" feel. A brown bear, a cowboy boot lamp, ceiling canoes, an abundance of wood and a Native American statue, are all part of the rustic theme in this two-barred joint, laden with pool tables, shuffleboards and small tables. While the bar hasn't prepared anything special for inauguration weekend - besides an extended hour deal - they expect a huge crowd, of both regulars and passerbys. If you're seeking out a hearty burger, a stimulating game of darts...
...book illustration. Generations of children know the gnarled tree trunks of Sherwood Forest from his illustrations for Robin Hood, or Blind Pew frantically tapping down the road after his cowardly companions in Treasure Island. Although N.C. wished to be remembered as a muralist, his best-known works bear such romantic titles as "One more step, Mr. Israel Hands, and I'll blow your brains...
...plot should remind you of Kung Fu Panda, last year's excellent DreamWorks cartoon about the clumsy bear, employed in his father's noodle shop, who becomes a martial-arts expert and saves his village from a villainous tiger. Chandni Chowk is more a Kung Fu Pandit, with the oaf-hero Sidhu (Akshay Kumar), chopping away in the shop of his Dada (Mithun Chakraborty). Some visiting Chinese folks ID him as the incarnation of their nation's greatest warrior, Liu Sheng, and think Sidhu is just the fellow to rid their village of the oppressive Hojo (Gordon Liu). Accompanied...