Word: cats
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...combat posts in villages to provide the residents with lasting security. Still, some Afghans are skeptical. "I hope this operation gives a positive result," says Haji Nimatullah, a businessman in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, by telephone. "But I am not optimistic. [These] operations are like the cat-and-mouse cartoon where the mouse escapes when the cat attacks, but when the cat is gone, the mouse comes back and starts again." (See pictures of challenges British troops were facing in Helmand...
...While the central bank said on June 24 that it had no plans to expand its purchase of government or mortgage bonds beyond the $1.2 trillion earmarked for the purpose in March, not everyone is convinced. "There is always the nagging concern that if this is just a dead cat bounce in the equity markets and we have a further rocky ride in the second half of this year," says Derrick, "then a second round of fiscal spending programs may have to be introduced." (Read "Is the Almighty Dollar Doomed...
...very definition of "anything," although in this case, since the movie is being released in 3-D, it's a more expensive anything. It is the third in a series of stories revolving around a mammoth named Manny (Ray Romano) and his friends Diego the saber-toothed cat (Denis Leary) and Sid (John Leguizamo). Sid is a sloth, although a parent undereducated in the Ice Age franchise could be forgiven for spending the first half-hour of the movie mystified as to what this ugly thing is supposed to be. In a sitcom, which is really what Dawn...
...Ellie encourages Manny to go talk it over with the big cat. He resists, with the usual Ray Romano combination of whining and immaturity. "Guys don't talk to guys about guy problems," he tells her, exactly the stereotype every modern parent wants to see perpetuated in their small children's entertainment...
...that one of the most important tools available to Iranians protesting the June 12 presidential election is Twitter. A service that broadcasts short (140 characters or less) missives, or tweets, over the Web or via text message, Twitter is basically a toy for flirting and telling people what your cat is doing. But in one of the Internet's great Velveteen Rabbit moments, the toy has become real...