Word: hotter
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Until the court reengages Musharraf on that issue, the President can deal with the other, hotter front in his battle to remain in charge of Pakistan. In the two weeks since Musharraf ordered the army into Islamabad's Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, to arrest Islamic extremists - an order that resulted in the deaths of dozens of militants and ten soldiers - Pakistan's Islamist extremists have retaliated with a series of attacks that have killed more than 180 people, most of them soldiers and police. A U.S. intelligence report this week concluded that Pakistan's policy of non-engagement...
Where air conditioning use was most prevalent, however, was actually where mortality was the lowest on average. Schwartz said that it was those “hotter places” where acclimatization was strongest, resulting in the fewest number of heat-related deaths...
Indeed, says Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, West Africa is "only going to get hotter. It has the location and the resources; the technology is now there to develop them; and companies from all over the world want to be in on the action." Rising demand from India and China and worries over instability in the Middle East have fueled higher oil prices, and those in turn have precipitated a new scramble for energy - oil rigs worldwide now have to be rented a year in advance. There are several reasons why the Gulf of Guinea...
...much has changed about Dylan P. Reese ’07 since he was named one of the “15 Hottest” his freshman year. In fact, Reese has only gotten hotter as he’s gotten older. Still, he has revised his definition of class from “running around in a khaki suit wasted” to “always doing the right thing.” He also points to his roommate Justin E. Tobe ’07 as his current model of hotness. As for next year, Reese plans...
...tensions boil over, the ironic dialogue gets hotter. Ana Luisa exclaims, in agony, "Oh, if only my mother were alive!" and, in anger, "I'd kill myself if my mother were black." (Hearing that, José Carlos slaps her.) Mercé, ground down by the ill feelings, is getting weaker. And when Ana Luisa calls her a "damn black woman" and strikes her," José Carlos shouts the words the movie has been steaming toward: "Don't! She is your mother!" Revelation; guilt; death; renewal. Sensation...