Word: chargers
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Faeza's adjustment has been slow. At first she barely left the apartment. She had always used her Jordanian cell phone as a clock, and when its battery petered out because her charger didn't fit the wall socket, she lost all track of time. She didn't know how to let her relatives know she had arrived safely in the U.S. Police patrol cars appeared regularly at the complex, and loud fights broke out in the hallways. Even the boisterous schoolkids getting off the bus, clowning and shrieking, spooked...
...buying a vintage Bordeaux. An executive for a Hong Kong-based chain of fashionable clothing stores, Lo has been dabbling in both assets for the better part of a decade, and he samples the nose of his wines with the same enthusiasm he reserves for cheering on his charger as it storms a nose ahead. But he knows there's one big difference: "At least with wine," says Lo, "there's a good chance of getting your money back...
...21st century as anywhere in the world." As does his enthusiasm for getting up people's noses. After his win with Another Color, Maponya went on to become a breeder, at one time owning the biggest stable in South Africa. And the name of his stud? Maponya laughs. "Black Charger...
Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger is the antithesis of a brash showman. At last January's Consumer Electronics Show, a high-tech hype-fest in Las Vegas, another CEO peddled a two-wheeler onstage to tout his company's new bicycle-powered cell-phone charger. The understated Iger, wearing spectacles, a dark suit and white shirt, talked about strategy and happily let Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer, ESPN commentators and Lost cast members take the lead in unveiling Disney's multimedia-entertainment fare...
...GENERAL LEE" The original '69 Dodge Charger used in The Dukes of Hazzard made only one jump before heading to a Georgia junkyard (the fate of over 300 such cars). Rescued and restored in 2001, it was auctioned to an Ohio...