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...then, do we have to suffer through movies like What Happens in Vegas, which is the worst-in-breed not only for this year, but very likely in living memory. The tormented pair, Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, are not at all dislikable and their situation is not comedically hopeless. They meet in the eponymous city, he having lost his job, she having lost her fiance. Both are trying to forget these blows. But they get drunk, get married on a whim - and accidentally win three million dollars on a single turn at a slot machine. This inconveniences settlement...
Indeed, the U.S. allegations appear to be based on speculation, spurred by the appearance about a year ago of a new breed of roadside bomb in Iraq. Explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, proved effective at piercing American armor by firing a concave copper disc from a makeshift cannon, which transformed the slug midair into a molten jet of super-heated metal. Accusations that Iran was shipping the things into Iraq grew louder as U.S. casualties from the weapon rose. But no concrete evidence has emerged in public that Iran was behind the weapons. U.S. officials have revealed no captured shipments...
...into dirt. She said, softly: “Perhaps we can find a mare to begin with. A gentle mare.”“There is a stallion that my lord bought a fortnight ago,” he said. “He is a wild breed, from the North of England, and we have not broken him yet. But he has an odd way with the fair sex. He will be gentle.”She could not speak. She only felt her head nod as of its own volition, saw again her body move without...
...tropical areas, which is why you don't need to take quinine when you're hiking through Central Park. But if temperatures increase, the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite will be able to expand their range, while more intense rainstorms will give them more places to breed. A report this year by Australia's Center for Epidemiology and Public Health estimated that between 20 to 80 million more people will be living in malarial regions by 2080, as the parasite expands its range; another study released on April 3 by British doctors raised the possibility that insect-borne diseases...
What's life like for poor kids in Britain? They will likely live in an area where unemployment is high and aspirations are low. There's probably nowhere to play, and home may not provide much of a refuge. Such conditions breed trouble, according to a recent report by the IPPR that identified the factors inclining a child to criminality. Children who try to stay on the right side of the law find it increasingly difficult to resist the growing influence of gangs...