Word: fingered
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...house, Abed Rabu moved his injured family under the staircase for protection. Frantic, he began phoning the Red Crescent, friends with cars, anyone who might help him reach a hospital. His 2-year-old daughter, shot in the stomach, was demanding water. "I wet her lips with my finger. It was all I could do," says Kauthar, the mother...
...Third Man. Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Prague will pick you up in a Mercedes S-class limo to start off its "Perfect Kiss" package. Once there, go upstairs to your room for an 80-min. couples' aromatherapy massage and later enjoy a candlelit evening turndown with flowers, champagne, finger food and chocolates. If you want to leave your upgraded room, the hotel will pack a gourmet picnic basket, or you can have afternoon tea at the hotel. Feel free to lounge, with a late 6 p.m. checkout. $920 per night. Through March...
Obama, Barack • Blackberry of is kept by • existence of atheists is acknowledged by • finger-syncing at inauguration of • Guantanamo is ordered closed by • launch of White House blog of • services by Jeremiah Wright are not attended by • several thousand ticketholders are not let in to inauguration of • speech of • speech of inspires sour look on puss of predecessor...
...conduct this princely progress, adorn your speech - as the characters are all wont to do, even if nobody in Hong Kong ever does - with copious references to "joss" (luck, from the Portuguese deus, or "god"), face (and the importance of), high finance and underworld figures with piratical names (Four-Finger Wu, Smallpox Kin). Brosnan is also liable to utter startling ejaculations that are supposed to be Cantonese. Naturally, nobody understands his blather, but in its imperious cadence and dauntless delivery you can hear the music of Hong Kong's golden...
...this bank. The bad assets of the brokerage firm were apparently both huge and well-hidden by management, the brokerage firm's board, or the auditors. The most charitable view of the people in charge at Merrill is that they were boobs. Anything beyond that starts to point a finger in the direction of liability and shareholder suits...