Word: clouded
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...Shortly after her return from exile on October 18, Bhutto's daughter and political heir, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, plans to visit the mausoleum she began building as a tribute to her father in 1996, three years before she fled into exile under a cloud of as yet unanswered corruption charges. But while thousands of her supporters have promised to welcome her home, leaders of her Pakistan People's Party concede that the size of the crowds will likely be but a fraction of the millions that turned out to cheer her triumphant return in 1988, to claim...
...continues to exist between urgency of threat and pace of our response,” Bunn said. Bunn devotes a significant portion of the report to stressing the urgent need to combat nuclear proliferation, warning of the repercussions of a “terrorist mushroom cloud over the cinders of a major city.” He details an action plan for reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism that includes global partnership commitments, comprehensive lists of stockpiles all over the world, and the appointment of a senior official in the U.S. government whose specific purpose would be to keep nuclear...
Nothing fancy in Jersey tomorrow: this game will be three yards and a cloud of dust, dustier team wins (more dusty? dustiest...
...afternoon at the Cloud 9 mall, an incomplete but already bustling nine-story shopping complex half a mile and four Starbucks from my dormitory, I noticed some workers installing several TVs as I climbed an escalator. What I thought were four TVs being mounted around the mezzanine turned out to be eight, since, naturally, they were back to back. Only after walking around the rest of the mall did I notice that 384 TVs were being installed: eight around each of the six mezzanines on each floor...
...bustiers, everything from crumb catchers la old Dior to Vivienne Westwood--inspired corsetry; the next time exploring every variation of lace. And she created her signature look: elegant, Charles James--style structuring, often adorned with a subtle flourish?a bow made to look like origami or a small cloud of organza...