Word: franked
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...Fiji Trouble in Paradise A day after Fiji's court of appeal declared the regime of military chief Frank Bainimarama unlawful, his ally, President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, abolished the constitution, sacked Fiji's judges and reinstated Bainimarama as Prime Minister. Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup, wants to reform a political system he calls racist and corrupt. Critics, however, call him a dictator. Fiji's central bank has devalued its currency 20% to boost exports and tourism amid the turmoil...
...When my wife and I found out we were having a boy, everyone asked if we were going to circumcise him. All I knew was that circumcision is something the U.S. does and Europe doesn't and is therefore awesome. Our penises are clean and sleek and new like Frank Gehry skyscrapers, while theirs are crumbling, ancient edifices inhabited by fat old men in hats...
...epic battles or heroic sacrifices, but “Gigantic” is rather the story of a budding romance that shimmers in its details—like the first chewy taste of goat stew or the unceremonious clank of earrings dropped straight onto floor tiles. The film is frank, unassuming, and gently witty. In a soft and steady voice, it speaks volumes about the power of chance in finding love.The movie begins when the obnoxious Al Lolly (John Goodman) purchases a $14,000 Swedish mattress in the warehouse where shy 28-year-old Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano...
JOHN MADDEN retires. Frank Caliendo's career hangs by thread...
Would Abraham Lincoln have gone green? Frank Milligan thinks so. Milligan is the director of President Lincoln's Cottage, a Gothic Revival mansion on a breezy hill a few miles from the White House, where Lincoln and his family sought relief from the summer heat during the Civil War. The cottage and its surrounding buildings were made a national monument in 2000, and in preparation for its opening last year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation carried out a multimillion-dollar renovation. But preservationists didn't just restore the buildings. They greened them, beginning with the Beaux Arts house next...