Word: harbors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...wild reaches straddling the border with Pakistan, where the Taliban maintains bases.) There's a consensus among European political élites that Afghanistan isn't an Iraq; even left-wing governments believe the war there is legal and worth fighting to keep the country from reverting to a safe harbor for the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But amid new demands for peacekeepers in south Lebanon and a worsening situation in Afghanistan - at least 14 Canadian and British soldiers have been killed and dozens more wounded since the beginning of August - NATO countries are unlikely to make further commitments of troops...
...Israel may still harbor hopes that the war would turn Lebanon's civilians against Hizballah, but all the evidence from the refugees returning home pointed to the contrary. Adorning many of the cars were brand new posters of Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, his cherubic face twice its normal size on the flyers. "A Divine Victory," they said. Refugees said they had received them from Hizballah-run schools where many of them stayed, after having received money from Hizballah's social services arm to help them rebuild in the south...
...want a bit more anonymity. But for those looking for four years of close-knit community, wee colleges come in many flavors. The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (68 students) in Merrimack, N.H., offers a rigorous Catholic education. The College of the Atlantic (278 students) in Bar Harbor, Maine, has an additional intimacy built into its curriculum, because all students share the same crunchy major, human ecology...
...both instances. She is (for many other reasons) a great woman - upbeat and interested in everything, outgoing, concerned and very into her sports; I hope I'm at least a little like her when I hit 65. It's because of Ellie and others like her that I harbor a mild aversion to taking medicines myself. I haven't yet started swallowing the daily statin they say I should be taking now, the daily aspirin, the lycopene for my prostate. Although I prescribe pills every day - mostly for pain relief - my usual advice as I hand over the prescription...
...banging against the boats, and their blood turns the water red. On the deck of one boat, Sevilla, clearly delighted, whips out his mobile phone and calls in the day's estimated catch to his managers in Barbate, so that they can negotiate with Japanese buyers waiting in the harbor. The fishermen whoop in delight as cranes hoist their catch onto the boats. "This is our best day this year," says one, adding: "You brought us luck." Some version of that scene has been going on for thousands of years in and around the Mediterranean Sea. Fishermen on Spain...