Word: grinning
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...ground for only a month but already they are a meter high; the first harvest could take place in just five years. Eyes shaded by his black cowboy hat, the Singaporean native gazes down the rows of juvenile trees, each worth thousands of dollars at maturity, with a satisfied grin. The experimental lumber crop has survived the harsh North Korean winter and is flourishing in the loamy soil. "The paulownia loves this," he says. Glancing at another leafy plant, a new hybrid, he confides, "We're going to let the Dear Leader name...
...Pearl's murder. One of the suspects, Fazal Karim, has allegedly confessed to beheading Pearl at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Karachi, although he has not been formally charged. Through wiretaps and the fbi's growing ring of informants ("Money talks," says a Pakistani official with a grin), investigators have tracked communications between Karim and two suspects arrested on July 8 for attempting to kill Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in April. The two accused, Mohammed Imran and Mohammed Hanif, confessed they parked a pickup truck loaded with explosives along Musharraf's motorcade route through Karachi. The remote-control detonator...
...part, Yoder imagines living out his years in a little chalet on a Vermont mountain. "I could write about psychiatry and send people cranky e-mails," he says with a grin. He says he has no intention of harming anyone. It's unclear what impact the decision in his case will have on the broader issue of patients' rights. If he wins, the "psychiatric survivors" movement may have a new poster boy, and other states might look more carefully at patients who may be sick or may just be antisocial. Of course, finding the line between...
This, Then, is the defining memory of World Cup 2002: a triangular haircut, a toothy grin and a young man dancing in delight. For Brazilian striker Ronaldo?who scored both goals in Brazil's 2-0 defeat of Germany in Sunday's World Cup climax?it was about more than a quick-thinking 67th minute finish and a beautiful 79th minute shot. Yes, those two goals clinched him the Golden Boot award as the World Cup's top scorer, and drove Brazil to victory. But they also marked his triumphal return to the highest echelons of the sport after years...
This, Then, is the defining memory of World Cup 2002: a triangular haircut, a toothy grin and a young man dancing in delight. For Brazilian striker Ronaldo - who scored both goals in Brazil's 2-0 defeat of Germany in Sunday's World Cup climax - it was about more than a quick-thinking 67th minute finish and a beautiful 79th minute shot. Yes, those two goals clinched him the Golden Boot award as the World Cup's top scorer, and drove Brazil to victory. But they also marked his triumphal return to the highest echelons of the sport after years...