Word: highs
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...talks about Shakespeare (kill me now), insults everybody - the cute boy worst of all - and chews cigars and sometimes when he talks you see actual spit coming out of his mouth? And on the way home your parents start talking about Oscar nominations, which they never did after High School Musical 3 and it turns out that they aren't talking about Zac at all, but Crazy Eyes? Wouldn't that be a major bummer...
...mails with representatives of the airline, Wolfe is still unsure why he was charged so much, or how the confused employees arrived at the 66,000 baht figure. He says he has tried in vain to get an explanation or a partial refund on the bag charge. (Read "Sky-High Fees for Overweight Bags...
...then suppressed the novel for three decades. Brits have always been uncomfortable about sex - unless they're laughing at it. This is a nation of dropping trousers, pinging brassieres, guffaws, sniggers and euphemisms for sex like "slap and tickle," an image crystallized in a series of low-budget, high-smut farces filmed mostly in the 1960s and '70s that were known as the Carry Ons after the first two words in every title. Even now, the country is collectively clutching aching sides over the appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Union...
...Media reports in Britain have suggested that some of the inquiry's findings could be politically explosive. Based on a series of secret government documents and interviews with high-ranking British military officials, the Sunday Telegraph claimed that British military planning for an invasion started in February 2002, despite Blair's public statements that preparations had not begun that early. The Telegraph said the government documents showed that the secretive planning for the war resulted in a rushed operation "lacking in coherence and resources" that caused "significant risk" to troops and "critical failure" after the conflict. The paper also revealed...
...already shown signs that it will be thorough and transparent. Earlier this year, Prime Minister Gordon Brown had suggested the inquiry should be held behind closed doors, but Chilcot insisted that many of the hearings be held in public. And with Brown's backing, Chilcot will call several high-profile witnesses to testify, including Blair, who will be questioned sometime in 2010. It will be the first time he appears before an Iraq war inquiry. (See a TIME video with Brown...