Word: boom
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...Insisted on holding a boom box blaring In Your Eyes outside his bedroom window at night B) Sent letters over his fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside C) Kept asking him to explain his character's motivation in Con Air D) Is really Jack Black in tights promoting Nacho Libre door to door...
...India on the Move It was with great pride that I read the stories about the boom time in India [June 19], a country in which the ancient and the modern coexist. On a recent visit to India, I observed that downtown Bombay appears to have stood still in time, while changes are more apparent in the city's suburbs. India's great strides in education, technology and medicine can prove to the world that the country is a force to be reckoned with. Gita Varughese Mississauga, Canada...
...India is turning itself into a primary player in the global marketplace. Readers welcomed the rise of a free society, although not without a few misgivings about the lingering effects of the caste system and corruption It was with great pride that I read the cover stories about the boom time in India [July 3], a country in which the ancient and the modern coexist. On a recent visit to India, I observed that downtown Bombay appears to have stood still in time, while changes are more apparent in the city's suburbs. India's great strides in education, technology...
...raids struck targets on the edges of the city around the Palestinian refugee camps of Bourj Shemali and Al-Bass. But one missile plowed into a 12-story apartment block housing the offices of the Lebanese civil defense, killing 20 people. Monday night, the city reverberated to the boom of air strikes every few minutes while Israeli helicopter gunships clattered off the coast and reconnaissance drones whined overhead...
...only 3% of government employees are Muslim. Of course, there are plenty of economic success stories among Muslims. Azim Premji, founder of the outsourcing giant Wipro Technologies, is India's richest resident. But many Muslims are alienated by the consumerism of the new India and feel excluded from the boom. According to the government's surveys, only 27% of Muslims have a salaried job compared to 43% of Hindus...