Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...company's own version of the popular Zipcar rental service, on Dec. 16 in New York City, Paris and London. An annual membership starts at $50; per-hour rental fees start at $10. Book your car online, and pick up and return to designated hubs around the city. The fleet features "green" cars like the Mini Cooper and Toyota Prius and, if you have a big load to move, a Ford SUV hybrid. More cities are promised in early...
...animation can’t quite capture the sheer ridiculousness of the story, but it does a pretty good job, particularly when it comes to the feats of the story’s hero, Cúchulainn, who’s a BAMF if ever there was one. 2. Fleet Foxes. The album cover of their self-titled debut features a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder entitled “Netherlandish Proverbs.” As any HAA 10 scholar could tell you, the work was painted in 1559, making it pretty fucking arcane. Filled with scenes of folly...
...less than 24 hours after the Golden Globes telecast. Some pundits speculate that a strong showing at the Golden Globes could sway Oscar voters at the last second. Case in point: last time around, the HFPA chose Atonement and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as the best films of the year. The former went on to receive a Best Picture Oscar...
...apparent decision to pay ransom to free the MV Faina - makes clear that the efforts of Western and other nation-states to deploy warships to protect commercial shipping from piracy have not been particularly effective against a handful of men equipped with a few rocket-propelled grenades, a fleet of rusty boats and a great deal of pluck. Restrictive rules of engagement and the hazy legality of arresting pirates whose home nation has no functioning legal system have left even the U.S. Navy unable to take the fight to the pirates...
...Certainly, we're concerned about where this money is going, but we really don't get involved in knowing where it is," said Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, spokesman for the U.S. Fifth Fleet. "What we are really after here is the root of the problem. Regardless of where the money goes, our feeling is that the problem of piracy is ashore, and to cut off the root of the problem, that's where it needs to be dealt with...