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...recent months, while heat waves across Russia and Southern Europe set new high-temperature records in some cities; the U.K. and Germany were hit by spells of torrential rain exceeding any in more than a century. The WMO, a branch of the U.N., says the global average for land-surface temperatures in January and April were likely the warmest since records began 127 years ago. Parts of the planet that have been spared weather-related misery may not be lucky for long. The Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change says it's "very likely" that heat waves and heavy precipitation will...
...that McFarlane Toys is the official distributor of action figures for all four major American sports. McFarlane also has individual deals with Bonds as well as outspoken Bonds critic Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox. And he credits his baseball collection with opening the doors that helped him land those deals...
...debris. (She also lost 100 kilos of food and 11 of her goats). Her house was among several in the neighborhood consumed by the ensuing fire. "It was very troubling. I was afraid. We were afraid, all of us because our houses were destroyed, our people were killed, our land was captured, so that's why we were afraid...
...News of the second outbreak stoked fears among local farmers over a repeat of the FMD outbreak of 2001, which devastated British farming and hit tourism, costing the economy an estimated $17 billion. Lawrence Mathews, the owner of the land where the second outbreak emerged told BBC radio: "We were starting to think that maybe this virus has been contained and maybe we'd get back to normality within the next few weeks...
...fool. He knew that making films in English would help him reach a wider audience; hence Blowup, Zabriskie Point (1970) and The Passenger (1975). He spoke Hollywood's language without ever going Hollywood. Death Valley, the location for Zabriskie Point, was as close as he got to La-la Land...