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...suite at the newest five-star hotel in Dubai, it might seem churlish to criticize this orgy of gluttony. But the event has raised eyebrows in a country where high-living billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was overthrown in a coup last September by a more austere clutch of generals. Led by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, who spent time in a monastery after retiring from the military, Thailand's new leaders have called for the Buddhist-majority nation to avoid capitalist excess and embrace moderation...
...Blumberg just played an amazing game,” Grigg said. “I don’t know sometimes where it comes from, but she pulls it out every time. She’s totally a clutch player...
...forward added a single block to put the icing on her tremendous night. “She has a great hook shot and she attacked the boards,” Rollins said. “She had a lot of clutch rebounds that gave confidence to herself and to the team.” That confidence helped three other Crimson players join the double digit club as fellow sophomores Emily Tay and Niki Finelli and junior Lindsay Hallion scored 14, 11, and 10 points respectively. Her 13 rebounds also inspired Harvard to grab 40 total rebounds compared...
...counseling that girls should not get their ears pierced before the age of 18. Walking the residential lanes of Bangkok, you rarely see decolletage or muffin-tops, those rolls of flesh that peek out between hip-huggers and shrunken tank-tops. But then you turn a corner and a clutch of women gyrate in front of a bar in costumes that would make a Hooter's waitress blush. Cassius the schnauzer is the only one who doesn't notice...
Nancy Reagan, wearing dark glasses and carrying a simple clutch purse, strolled to the front row on the arm of a steady Marine. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, without whom this particular state funeral likely would not be occurring, walked down the aisle together. In addition to the usual sections for the Supreme Court and family friends, there was one for 100 Eagle Scouts, who served as ushers...