Word: ironized
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...director, debuting with an upcoming film called “First Snow.”With an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of “Children of Men” and the announcement of several major writing deals, including Marvel Entertainment’s upcoming “Iron Man,” it might seem as though Fergus and writing partner Hawk Ostby are walking a predetermined path to cinematic success. But Fergus cautions against such delusions of grandeur.“The vast majority of the forces that define our destiny are completely out of our control...
...eyes. The Blair administrations seemed rightly outraged by the event, but for a country that was central to the Iraqi invasion, they did not take hard enough measures. In a place where memories of empire evoke melancholy, commentators quickly forced the comparison between the current Prime Minister and Iron Lady Thatcher, who exactly 25 years ago imposed the British will by force, defeating an Argentine military invasion of the Malvinas islands. Remembering Teddy Roosevelt’s famous quote of diplomacy by sticks and carrots, the sensationalist Sun grudged that Britain “appears to have lost the stick...
...born in developing nations. UNICEF and other international health organizations already distribute certain nutrients to pregnant women in developing nations, and the researchers propose folding the tested multivitamins into aid networks that already exist to dispense supplements. Fawzi said that supplements currently distributed in developing nations include only iron and folate, both commonly given to expecting mothers. “The question now is how to incorporate additional nutrients into the same supplement and hopefully utilize the same distribution system,” Fawzi said. Fawzi said he expected to discuss how best to get the vitamins to pregnant women...
Webcomics have been around since the late 1990s, and today there are thousands of them. The diversity of artistic styles is astonishing: anime, clip art, crude scribbles, beautiful finished drawings and everything in between. The Web also frees comics from the iron cage of the traditional strip format. "Being online, there's no reason our strip has to be three panels right next to each other," says Mike Krahulik, half of the team that produces the webcomic Penny Arcade. "It often is. But there's nothing keeping us from making full-page comic-book-style layouts. There's nothing stopping...
...more. Eating becomes almost another form of training. After all, it takes a special something for someone to graze on three chicken breasts, two hamburgers, soup, rice and wash it all down with four, maybe five glasses of Gatorade and water—in one meal. When they pump iron in the weight room, strength coach Craig Fitzgerald gives his players a unique motivational mantra that influences their eating as well.“I’m gonna swipe in, load up my tray, and light my hair on fire,” says junior offensive lineman Tom Rodger...