Word: fixes
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...defined Mackey with his Mr. Clean physique, but his most valuable body parts are his eyes. To the end, as his options narrow and it becomes clear Mackey has destroyed everything he's tried to build, they dart about, looking for the exit, one last scam that will fix everything...
India and Pakistan have fought over Kashmir twice since 1947. Resolving an issue that has been the failure of many great diplomatic efforts will by no means be an easy task. But Obama, strengthened by his mandate at home and even abroad, and spurred on by his pledge to fix Afghanistan, is the man for the job. The time is right. Despite the economic meltdown, the U.S. has leverage in the form of an agreement to sell India civilian nuclear technology and fuel. Pakistan has a civilian government for the first time in nine years, and a desperate need...
...rolls: crunchy and flavorless, with a tasty peanut sauce. The shabu-shabu: decent, I thought, although our companion table had ordered a special broth that they deemed disgusting. The yum yum: somehow both spicy and bland, which not even the administration of the tasty soy and peanut sauces could fix. All together: not bad, but certainly not yum yum.5. Keep your wits about you. After the busboy had come and gone with a Herculean load of dishes, our waitress returned ready to give us our check. Now, the two shabu dinners included dessert, and it seems we would have missed...
...trouncing Sen. John McCain. He meant that, yes, we can—if you’ll forgive the talking point—bring change to government. That work hasn’t even begun yet, and its success is far from certain. Last Tuesday was never going to fix the problems of the past eight years, but most of us seem to equate his victory with real change just the same...
...Sink Ships” harken back to Whiskeytown’s album “Stranger’s Almanac.” But there are still others that offer sounds entirely new to Adams’ catalog. Take the bouncy pop-rock tracks “Fix It” and “Evergreen.” While these songs still have the folksy, raspy-voiced ballad feel that Adams effortlessly maintains, they tend to focus more on the hook and groove. “Evergreen” is a happy tune with snappy acoustic phrases...