Word: familiar
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That was the bet President George W. Bush placed during his final months in office, when the CIA greatly increased drone sorties and strikes in Pakistan. The accelerated attacks have been stepped up under President Barack Obama. Nowadays, the low hum of the drones has become a familiar sound in Waziristan, where tribesmen call them machay, or red bees. Their lethal sting has been felt in villages and hamlets across the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). The main objectives of the campaign: to take out al-Qaeda's top tier of leadership, including Osama bin Laden, and deny sanctuary...
...Lawyers familiar with the case estimate the legal costs of the Madoff case - which could run on for two years or more - could exceed $30 million. Picard's fees, they say, will likely be less than that, though it's impossible to know precisely how much less. So far, Picard has collected $1.2 billion in recovered funds, so even if his fee were half the normal bankruptcy trustee fee he would still pocket $15 million...
...location is still slightly unfinished. There is no real sign outside yet—only a whiteboard and a poster, so it is easy to miss. The inside is decorated with familiar paintings of bug-eyed yogurt creatures and is a lot more bright and spacious than the arrow street location. The walls are lined with bamboo, there are skylights, large windows and 3 tables for patrons to sit at while they devour their froyo. And of course there’s free Wifi, which FlyBy loves...
...usual “Wow, you know a lot about sports,” a phrase with which every female sports fan is all too familiar. But before I could give my usual spiel about box scores and baseball, one of them said, “You should comp The Crimson...
...location is still slightly unfinished. There is no real sign outside yet—only a whiteboard and a poster, so it is easy to miss. The inside is decorated with familiar paintings of bug-eyed yogurt creatures and is a lot more bright and spacious than the arrow street location. The walls are lined with bamboo, there are skylights, large windows and 3 tables for patrons to sit at while they devour their froyo. And of course there’s free Wifi, which FlyBy loves...