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...love what I’m doing,” she adds. “It’s really exciting. I’m a full-time athlete and a nap is part of my daily routine. 2010 is definitely on my horizon but I’m taking it one year at a time...
...beginning to tear our hair out for the second time this semester. That’s right folks—just when you thought it was safe to stop going to lecture again, here comes the wave of “second midterms,” looming on the horizon like a storm cloud over an all-too-short sunny day. It would be disingenuous to act as though I’m at all surprised by this peculiar concept—“mid-terms” administered at points well beyond the halfway mark of the semester?...
...pirates accused the crew of hoarding it. One Somali fired a shot through the window on the bridge. "We thought this trip was the end of our lives," remembered able seaman Rashid Juma Mwatuga, 42. In late September the Ibn Batuta, an Egyptian ship carrying cement, appeared on the horizon. "The pirates told me they were going to hijack this passing ship," says Mahalingam. "What could I do?" The pirates jumped into their speedboats. Half an hour later the Egyptian ship's captain radioed the Semlow to say that he had been captured too. The ships sailed together towards Harardhere...
...reporting on Apple Computer's innovative design process earned raves from the company's devoted customers, while our stories on the new products and services on the technological horizon prompted others to wonder about the dangers as well as the pleasures of the world awaiting...
Like many women in her age group--whom fashion marketers refer to as the baby-boomer generation of women, 35 and up--Deneen has money to spend on clothing but doesn't feel there are many options on the retail horizon. Department stores such as Macy's and Dillard's, where Deneen and her contemporaries have traditionally shopped, fall short. The common complaints are that the merchandise is not compelling (who needs another beige pantsuit?) and the service levels have declined so much that shopping is no longer enjoyable...