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...American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem before a show, Hanania and Waraday trade politically incorrect jokes about the belief, popular among suicide bombers, that 72 virgins await the martyr in paradise. "And what do the women get?" muses Waraday, recalling that a 57-year old Palestinian grandmother recently blew herself up. "What would they possibly have told this woman - that she'll have 72 kids who'll call every day and visit once in awhile? I know my Mom would blow herself up for that...
...remained a closed shop. Long abolished in New York, minimum commissions on the London exchange killed price competition and risked turning the city's securities market into a backwater as money managers went elsewhere for a better deal. But in 1986, sweeping deregulation known as the Big Bang finally blew things wide open. Out went the late starts, long lunches and cartel practices beloved of London's fusty gents. In came U.S. investment bankers toiling for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and others, and, with them, a vital injection of talent and competitive instincts...
...answer came seconds later. A huge explosion blew a hole in a bakery, sending body parts and bread showering onto the pavement outside. Three Israelis were killed and two others wounded by the blast. Responsibility for the terror attack was immediately claimed by three different Palestinian militant groups, one of them - Islamic Jihad - identifying the bomber as Mohammed Siksik, 21, from Gaza...
...Back when a hoe was a hoe / Coke was a coke / And crack’s what you were doing / When you were cracking jokes / Back when a screw was a screw / The wind was all that blew / And when you said I’m down with that / Well it meant you had the flu / I miss back when.” –Tim McGraw, “Back When?...
...back of No. 3 New Hampshire (UNH) goalie Melissa Bourdon, it set the stage for a bizarre night on Friday.Later, the Wildcats scored on a strange deflection, and the Crimson expanded its lead during a period in which it was outshot 16 to 5. When the final whistle blew, sophomore forward Sarah Vaillancourt was called for a delayed penalty, but the game was already over, a 3-3 tie between two of the nation’s top teams.“You only get to see them once, so there is a lot at stake...