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...rhythmic gymnastics involve such copious amounts of cosmetics that they make a Texas beauty pageant look sedate. Yes, thighs strain with effort, but I'm distracted by the twirling toes and the bleached teeth framed by rictus smiles. And the accoutrements of rhythmic gymnastics - the hoop, the swirling ribbon - divert from the balletic grace of the athletes...
...chemical can cause irritation of mucous membranes and gastrointestinal effects, while long-term exposure can damage the central nervous system, causing headaches, fatigue, or depression. After Turner Construction was notified of the leak the same morning, officials from Turner and its subcontractor Spiniello Construction, used fans to divert the fumes away from the neighborhood. They also channeled the contaminated water into the Boston Water and Sewer bypass, mixing and diluting it. By the following Monday, August 4, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority officially issued a cease and desist order on the pipe renovation until the situation is completely resolved...
...insurgency-ravaged Kashmir Valley. And with ever greater numbers of pilgrims coming in (so far this year, over 500,000 pilgrims have already visited) the government reasoned that more temporary shelters were required. And so on May 26 the ruling Congress-led government of Jammu and Kashmir decided to divert 100 acres of forest land to erect such facilities for Hindu pilgrims...
...Anwar scandal could divert attention from the trial of Najib's ex-aide, at the same time weakening the campaign against Abdullah. Anwar recently said the opposition needs only 28 members of parliament to defect from the ruling coalition in order for the opposition to take power. He has been aggressively courting crossovers among political representatives from the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak, which are among Malaysia's poorest despite plentiful natural resources...
...nerdy colleagues in CONTROL have a few attenuated comical moments in their fight to save the free world from KAOS. They are all strapped to a hurtling plot line that is heading from one fireball to the next, with only a few not-so-hot Bush-Cheney jokes to divert them...