Word: helling
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...change is a threat on par with World War II, and it demands the same immediate, all-or-nothing commitment - starting with the White House. "There is no room for error and no room for mistakes," says Orr. "We have to get it right quick - or there'll be hell to pay." (Hear Orr talk about PCAP on this week's Greencast...
...also has no remorse over his devotion to the Afghan guerrillas, many of whom later became Islamic warriors and formed the Taliban. "We were fighting the evil empire. It would have been like not supplying the Soviets against Hitler in World War II," he says. "Anyway, who the hell had ever heard of the Taliban then...
...real estate agent who showed me my apartment pointed out the views of Mount Zion, ringed by cypress trees, and the walled Old City with its minarets and church spires piercing the blue Jerusalem sky. But she neglected to say that the apartment had a drawback: its proximity to hell. A few hundred paces downhill, and you are in the Valley of Hinnom, where Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe that on Judgment Day, the gates of hell will open up as sinners go tumbling into the flaming vortex...
Living on the edge of hell, I could deal with. (I even thought it might entitle me to a discount on the rent. No chance.) Besides, Hinnom is deceptively pastoral; down in the valley I often see a white stallion grazing under an ancient olive tree. But I wasn't prepared for the living hell inside my neighborhood, Abu Tor. Here, Arabs and Israelis live next door to each other yet are divided by mutual fear and suspicion...
...they are the culinary equivalent of ready-to-wear when we had set our hearts on haute couture. I've heard that people in Kyoto will ruin themselves for clothes, while in Osaka it's food. Since the original Kitcho is the bastion of traditional Osakan gastronomy, we were hell-bent on ruining ourselves there...