Word: crowning
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...there are hundreds of ethnic American Pashtuns ready to go work for the CIA in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but their murky family and tribal ties prevent them from being hired. However, they could be brought in with lower security clearances. Spies in the field rarely need to see the crown jewels to do their...
...Obama as a too-cool-for-school upstart who paid insufficient homage to his legacy while seizing a nomination that was rightfully his wife's. He has been the leader of the Democratic Party for the last 16 years, and it's obviously tough for him to surrender the crown to Obama, especially when his determined efforts to hand it to his wife got him ridiculed for ham-handed politics and even accused of racial insensitivity. And if Obama loses, of course, then Clinton keeps the crown for another four years...
...needed every one of those landings to stay ahead of Johnson. The gold-silver finish is one that the two girls had talked about, since they find themselves in the unusual position of not only being chief rivals for the most coveted crown in gymnastics, but also friends and, at this Games, roommates. Two teenagers, two competitors, one bathroom. Sounds scary, doesn...
...trick economy that is dangerously reliant on the gaming industry. Gambling taxes now account for three-quarters of the government's revenues. The industry has grown so rapidly, it is even stunting the development of other sectors by vacuuming up the best talent. Says Lawrence Ho, CEO of Melco Crown Entertainment, one of Macau's casino operators: "When one sector grows so fast, the rest of the sectors can't catch...
After dinner comes the ballet performance, when seven tiny ballerinas in white tulle float in; then seven older dancers carry in a large, heavy wooden cross, which they drape in white, with a crown of thorns. Four of the five Wilson daughters are among the dancers, and they offer a special dance to their father, to the music of Natalie Grant: Your faith, your love And all that you believe Have come to be the strongest part of me And I will always be your baby...