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...Shut Up! A curious case may mean that debt collectors can't threaten to sue their targets unless they really mean...
...Shut Up! A curious case may mean that debt collectors can't threaten to sue their targets unless they really mean...
...Streets that had been nearly empty for a month were now snarled with traffic. Some people had come to see their homes, while others were merely curious, and snapped pictures with cell-phone cameras. The still-smoldering lunar craters of what used to be residential blocks were now filled with a parade of people, scrambling over the concrete slabs and broken widow panes, as if participants in some mass funeral procession, choking on dust and that special acrid smell that comes from burnt buildings. In some areas, rescue crews were still looking for bodies...
...guard. For the following 82 days of captivity, Carroll, then 28, was moved to six separate safe houses. She says she was treated well: apart from being kept in confined spaces and denied exercise, she was well fed and allowed to bathe. She also bore witness to the curious behavior coming from her captors: they watched Tom and Jerry cartoons when the television set wasn't tuned to the Koran channel; one guard insisted she interview him again and again, forcing her to copy down every word in perfect detail. Another, whom she describes as one of the better-educated...
...rich soils that feed them, modern Australians have left their land mass largely untouched. The great era of exploration, apart from the dash for minerals, has passed. Most travelers see red earth and desert outpost from 35,000ft., if at all. Nevertheless, the open road still rewards the curious and those with time enough to appreciate its majesty. The sheer length of the national highway, its obstinate sameness, means the journey can be a lonely and humbling experience, especially so for those in a hurry. So slow down, take in the view with fresh eyes, and meet some...