Word: huntly
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...them appear to have been set deliberately, but to prevent future disasters authorities may have to do more than just look for firebugs playing with matches on deserted roadsides. Fire experts suggest that as much as 80% of the fires start through negligence rather than deliberate arson, but the hunt is on for arsonists in France. A French judge last week launched legal action against Stéphane Jousse, 30, after he admitted to starting seven fires near Draguignan in July - though not the ones that raged last week - and two others last summer. Described by a prosecutor...
...whom have known one another from childhood, have maintained that unity. Confronted with the craziness, boosterism and venality that attend every American miracle, they found strength in group identity. They greeted George W. Bush together, attended NASCAR races and Pittsburgh Steelers training camp in large subunits, and still hunt and fish together. Early on, when scores of reporters and producers a day called, jockeying for the story, the nine agreed to sell their rights to Disney and split the money evenly, at $150,000 apiece. With their anniversary looming, five of them gathered at a local church, signed autographs...
...merely upholding the law when it shut the Uzan businesses down. Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said the Uzan utilities failed to pay debts and repeatedly refused to turn over their transmission lines to the newly formed national grid. Erdogan denied that his government was engaged in a political witch-hunt. "We have no personal vendetta," he said last week. "We have a duty to the people who elected us to rid the country of dirty odors." Analysts agree that while the crackdown may serve a political purpose, it may also be part of a long overdue anticorruption drive required...
...Laden and his cronies slipped away, leaving foot soldiers as decoys for the bunker busters and special-ops bullets. Last month another opportunity to round up al-Qaeda terrorists was botched--this time by fighting among U.S. allies. Afghan fighters and some 2,000 Pakistani troops deployed to help hunt down al-Qaeda holdovers not far from Tora Bora instead turned their weapons on one another. By the time things calmed down, two weeks later, any terrorists there had slipped away...
...Christian missionaries should not have to hunt for "customers" or advertise. Let the product sell itself if it is good enough. Take a cue from Muslims. They do not proselytize in the same way Christians do, but they are gaining converts all the same. It is all about a person's conviction, not aggressive salesmanship. Atinuke Haroun Lagos...