Word: inners
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...plastic they ate off the side of their aquarium pool, and no medical instrument could access the blockage. So, for a change, something sensible was done. The world's tallest man, all seven-foot-nine of him, was summoned - from the flock (of what, yaks?) he was herding in Inner Mongolia. His great long arm reached in past the gag reflex, grabbed the plastic and pulled it out! Mission accomplished...
...minute before sunrise on a frigid morning last Friday, 70 brave—or foolish—souls channelled their inner Alaskan and plunged into the Charles River at the Alaska Klub’s third annual Polar Bear Swim. The air temperature was 19 degrees Fahrenheit, although the brisk Northwest wind and flurries of snow made it feel more like four, but that didn’t stop devoted Klub members and their friends from shedding their clothing—some with bathing suits beneath, some with nothing at all. “I’m very excited...
...Marines faced Dec. 4 in the downtown area. Hundreds of Marines and a handful of Navy medics hole up every day inside several newly established police stations in central Ramadi. In the latest push to gain control of the city, U.S. forces man what amount to a string of inner-city garrisons across town, offering training and support to small groups of Iraqi police who warily walk the surrounding streets. The patrols rarely venture far. The blocks around the compounds are flush with insurgents who watch the movements of Iraqi security forces and U.S. troops, waiting to attack at unpredictable...
...uniforms, then saunter into a brown brick credit-union building. Their walkie-talkies are blaring with a recorded dispatcher's voice, downloaded from the Internet and transmitted from their getaway car. After they flash their homemade badges, the two men are waved behind the tellers' counters and into the inner sanctum of the credit union. Within just half an hour, they have gained access to the entire computer network, security system and customer data--unbeknownst to any employee on the premises...
...While the inner machinations of University Hall remain unclear, it is clear that administrators are paying lip service to the importance of student life while little progress is being made beyond projects previously in the works. When, for instance, will FAS begin to make tangible improvements in undergraduate teaching? When will it take steps to reinvigorate house life? The diversion of focus from issues such as these is evidence enough that there needs to be a long term change in University Hall’s attitude...