Word: cobras
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Through natural selection, a host of natural enemies have evolved: think the lion and water-buffalo, the cobra and the mongoose, and the police officer and the college student. When each meet, violence typically occurs: The mongoose enters a death-tango with the cobra. The University of California, Los Angeles policeman tasers students in the library. This is nature. However, as human beings, we have the ability to overcome nature’s imperatives through the use of civilizing institutions like mutual respect, and porta-potties. The tailgate didn’t achieve much, but the peaceful existence...
...Islamist militants. "They are secular and anti-Taliban," says Samina Ahmed of the International Crisis Group, "yet American guns are being used against them." (Bugti says he's an agnostic, and some clan leaders espouse socialist values and enjoy whisky.) Baluch sources say that U.S. surveillance aircraft and Cobra gunships have targeted tribesmen. The State Department official says, "We've seen no evidence that our equipment has been used to violate human rights...
...Xmas Rock & Roll Odyssey III. The name doesn’t lie: with performances slated to start at 8 p.m. and run well past midnight, this truly is an evening of epic proportions. Musicians will include DJPJ spinning rockabilly and country at 8, Screamin Scotty at 8:30, The Cobra-Matics at 9:20, King Memphis at 10:10, Johnny Carlevale & The Broken Rhythm Boys at 11, Thru the Keyhole Burlesque at 11:05, Sean Mencher Combo at 11:50, and Raging Teens at 12:40 a.m. T.T. The Bear’s Place. $12. (MFK)Mr. Brownstone with Heather...
...build themselves grass-hut homes. Recently, a refugee named Joanna Cuevelo sat in front of a new hut, feeding her four children, whom she had just brought on foot to Cambine from a village 65 miles to the north. Her ten-year-old son, who was bitten by a cobra on the way, lay on a blanket, his face pinched and gray. "His mother won't part with him," said Cavele. "We think he will...
...hopes were not disappointed; Louis lost to Schmeling in the twelfth round. When the American won the rematch with a one-round knockout, his countrymen exulted, but by then the jungle-killer image of Louis had become endemic. He was now compared to "a savage tiger" and "an irate cobra...