Word: celling
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...were jammed at intersections; cordless phones did not work; panicking residents flooded 911 with calls. Most islanders received news by way of car or battery-operated radios, which included Japanese-language announcements to keep tourists informed of developments. Some mobile phone users had spotty reception because a number of cell towers apparently were not equipped with efficient generators. Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann said over the radio that power would not be fully restored for at least 12 hours. After a recent earthquake that affected Hawaii's largest city, it took two days before electricity came back completely...
...statement made on video following his arrest in southern Mexico last April, Cobo explains how the cartels use a disciplined cell structure with a vertical, military-style chain of command to control thousands of men at arms. "I began as an H - the code they use for Hawk," he says. "After a time, I became a Central. I gave information to all the local H's in the community." He also reveals how his "family" stays one step ahead of the authorities by paying a vast network of informants, from local journalists to high-ranking federal agents. (See pictures...
...phone call came for Nancy in mid-December when she was in Napa wine country with four friends. They were on their way to have dinner at the famous restaurant the French Laundry. "My father called my cell," she said. "He said, 'We've lost everything.' I went into a kind of surreal shock...
...virtue for achieving salvation. In just the past month, the Vatican has announced its opposition to a United Nations proposal to protect gays from being criminalized and punished by governments for their orientation, and released a doctrinal office document reinforcing the Church's opposition to assisted fertility and stem cell research...
...problem with letting your buying be swayed by specs is that your underlying preferences likely don't change along with your purchase decisions - and so you wind up at home with things that don't make you as happy. In one experiment, researchers presented two cell phones, and told subjects that one had a more vivid screen. Some subjects were also told that model A had a vividness value of 1,800, compared to model B's score of 600. Everyone was then asked to rate on a 7-point scale both how much they liked phone...