Word: flare
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...from the Key to the Bee to the Bookish. In addition to talent, Angie will bring warmth and compassion to FM’s next guard. Her Fifteen Minutes will cling a bit to beauty and sex talks of yesteryear but will add her own flare. E is for Exuberant...
...recalibration needs recalibration. The more nuanced shift of this week, according to an adviser, is "setting things right and putting them in perspective." With anthrax mysteries multiplying at home and no stunning successes overseas, White House advisers believe the string of scientists, Cabinet officers and agency heads answering each flare-up has created a diffuse picture. Bush needs to remind Americans and allies about the terror that launched the campaign, what has been achieved, and the patience that will be needed. The back-to-basics plan is reminiscent of Bush's strategy during the presidential campaign. When in trouble...
...Jazeera's broad mix of views doesn't much bother Washington, except when U.S. interests are perceived to be at immediate risk. In 1998, during a flare-up in tension between Iraq and the U.S., the Pentagon balked at story lines critical of American foreign policy. Washington's complaints went unheeded three years ago, and today, Emir Hamad remains defiant. "Whenever we hear from our friends (on the topic of Al-Jazeera), we consider this as a friendly advice and we listen to the friends and their advice," he told reporters in Washington on Wednesday. "But the issue here...
...present-day design concept is basic Bauhaus: form follows function, in this case a form that brings out the best in its contents and can even help disguise a fault or two. The volume and shape of the bowl, the thickness of the crystal and the rim's outward flare or inward curve and finish all help determine which of a wine's several layers of aromas develops first or most fully. It was Claus Riedel, designer and ninth-generation owner of the family firm, who first noted that the size and shape of a glass affect the perception...
...with U.S. mediators, including a freeze on Jewish settlements and the arrest of Islamic militants. But skirmishes broke out in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as Powell's visit ended, and Israel said that the truce would begin on the first violence-free day. NIGERIA Ethnic Flare-Up Ethnic violence erupted in central Nigeria after the killing of a local leader. More than 50 people were killed in an attack on the Egon community by militia from the Tiv ethnic group. Up to 50,000 people fled their homes after a series of revenge attacks. Ethnic...