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...Moscow. For China, it is primarily about oil thirst. But for Russia, it is about weapons industries lingering from the Soviet era. After Gorbachev, the Russian military complex stopped shipping AK-47s to the Middle East under the pretext of fighting capitalist imperialism. However, Russia’s brand-new capitalist mindset has led it to seek contracts with countries like Iran, Syria, and Libya to maintain capital inflow, and hence, some pride. Iranian leadership might lack legitimacy, but it has plenty of cash. Guess which nation got the contracts to build the reactors and turbines in sites like Bushehr...
...time they arrived back in Boston, it was clear to both of them that the baby was very sick. "He was flailing and arching his knees to his chest. So we rushed to the emergency room of the Children's Hospital." Their son was seen by a brand-new surgical resident, who diagnosed an intestinal obstruction. "This resident said to my wife--this is now midnight--'Well, in my experience, this can wait until morning.'" Since his experience at that point in his residency amounted to roughly three days on the job, the Groopmans pulled rank. They called someone...
...Anderson, S.C. In 1946 her reputation as a teenage daredevil in her hometown of Greenville, S.C., led Bill France, who co-founded NASCAR the next year, to recruit her as a draw for fans in a local race. Before retiring in 1956 at the urging of her husband--whose brand-new Ford she had totaled in a 1947 race--Smith won 38 events in various classes. "I was just born to be wild," she said...
...Uggs for thongs (flip-flops, you pervert!) and wandered between parties at the A.D. and Delphic. Jon Carpenter ’07’s birthday in Leverett might as well have been dubbed “Dins Gone Wild,” as the a capella group paired brand-new harmonies to good ol’ hits by Lil John and Usher...
...entire world conspires, in a shameless orgy of serendipity, to ease Richard back into some semblance of engagement with it. This is probably supposed to convey the idea that Richard is reaping the rewards of his brand-new attitude--if you're open to new experiences, they'll come to you--but it plays as one cloying Candyland coincidence after another. When he sees a woman crying in a supermarket--Richard only ever meets cute--he sits her down, listens to her problems, engages in witty repartee with her and thus rehydrates his dried-out emotional palette. Never mind that...