Word: kali
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...Dutch, who knew it as Koningsplein (King's Square), the area today is a place of easy leisure, of bucolic clumps of crape myrtle and mahogany trees, whose center is the Monumen Nasional - founding father Sukarno's heroic white obelisk. From its observatory deck, you'll see the Kali Besar, Jakarta' big canal dug during the city's prosperous days as a tropical spice-trading port, running north. South is Menteng, the early 20th century planned garden neighborhood where local élite, like the late Suharto's clan, reside. For them Jakarta again is a town of joy, booming with...
...their dominance, jumping out to a 3-0 start as junior Alisha Mashruwala won three straight 11-5 contests against Sarah Crosky at the No. 2 spot. Co-Captain Katherine O’Donnell, playing at the No. 4 position, seized a commanding win over the Bears’ Kali Schellenberg...
...Consider the illogic with which the screenplay shoehorns a token African-American couple - their buddy Shane (Faizon Love) and his new girlfriend Trudy (Kali Hawk) - into the cast. Shane, a recently divorced man with the belly of a woman fast approaching her fourth trimester, is introduced begging Dave to co-sign a loan for a hot motorcycle that is intended to impress Trudy, who is 20, has pink streaks in her hair and calls Shane "Daddy." (The old joke is that in horror movies, the African-American characters always get killed first. Here they are saddled with such unpleasant stereotyping...
...clear two weeks ago or even last week, the destruction of the economic and business sectors of the world is no longer inchoate. The speed of the destruction has left the realm of what people fear and has entered the domain of what they know. As Kali ventures into the economic world, so many lives will be ruined that the number will be uncountable. The most-discussed concern of the media was whether people would be late on their mortgage payments has quickly evolved into speculation about how many people will have homes...
Manoharan agrees, noting with a sigh how Kali has helped him through the demanding world of academia: “Grad school is a long haul, and it’s nice to have one companion who will not asses your work harshly...