Word: cartful
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Krauthammer is right to be alarmed by Chinese military expansion and regional troublemaking. However, he is putting the cart before the horse in proposing that the U.S. put aside its differences with other nations in the region--Vietnam, India, Japan and Russia--in order to "contain" China. Whatever threat China's military poses is felt by its neighbors first. America and the rest of the world are distant targets. It makes more sense for the U.S. government to push for a resolution of our economic and political problems with China's neighbors rather than to expect those countries to take...
...they are bringing the market to their gardens. In all, Americans spent nearly $26 billion last year alone, up 15.5% from the year before and $9.6 billion from five years ago. The $8.4 billion on lawns, the $3.1 billion on flowers are just the beginning. The Victorian watering cart from Smith & Hawken costs $1,500. Tiffany offers a full-size sterling-silver shovel for $9,500. Boutiques bristle with garden furniture, fountains, gargoyles, gazebos, antique Parisian paving stones and authentic-looking archaeological debris. Finally, like sailing and skiing and polo, gardening now offers the wardrobe that reeks of pedigree, clothes...
...notorious Perm-35 prison camp in the Urals. "After Lefortovo," he said, "there was a 17-day trip in a cage with 15 murderers, all with TB. In Perm I was a transport worker hauling 500 lbs. of metal parts in a handcart. I had to push the cart, and my right shoulder joint broke." Potashov and the other prisoners worked 10 hours a day, six days a week. Although only 37, Potashov aged rapidly in the Gulag. "I was in Perm five years and seven months. The doctor told me I had bones like a 65-year...
...also has a reputation for being an engaging teacher. "She's very humorous in class and tries to make us feel comfortable," says Forrest N. Anderson '98. For example, to demonstrate Newton's third law, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, Franklin rode a cart fitted with a fire extinguisher to propel herself across the room...
...assailant had one or two bags [which] heran out with," Weinberg added. "He left four orfive on the cart. I think he was debating what hewas going to do and decided not to shoot theguard...