Word: letup
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...extensive slate of stunts to get you to move their dial-Oprah will interview Sarah Palin on Nov. 16, NBC is having another Green Week starting the day before that and shows like 30 Rock and Gossip Girl are loading up on stunt-casting. Don't expect a letup until Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving), the day after the ratings period ends. By then, everyone should be ready to take a holiday from the sweeps-induced insanity...
...number of protesters on the streets of Tehran has thinned in recent days - a result of the bloody crackdown by police and militia that continued in parts of the capital on June 24 - there's little sign of a letup in Iran's overseas offensive. British passport holders "had a role" in the violent clashes sparked by Iran's disputed election on June 12, Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei told the Fars news agency on June 24. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced that Tehran might downgrade its diplomatic ties with the U.K. The twin swipes came a day after...
...anti-junta coalition has vowed no letup in their dissent. On Monday, 5,000 Buddhists thronged in front of the Thai parliament, some participating in a hunger strike to draw attention to their call for a state faith. It's unlikely, however, that the generals will bend to such wishes-or relinquish their own power so easily. On Wednesday, General Sonthi struck a defiant note, predicting that Thaksin would not dare return to Thailand because he could be killed by one of the many groups of people who oppose...
...three times as much as they would working legitimate jobs to reject dealers." That's why in Epinay-sur-Seine, a suburb to the north of Paris, reform means cracking down on dealers. Jean-Michel Genestier, chief of staff to the mayor, says, "Each time there's been any letup in police pressure on dealing, we've seen related crime and general insecurity rise as thugs figure the coast is clear." Keeping kids in schools and off the streets would also help. School attendance and educational attainment levels in many deprived areas are dismal. Fort says only 38% of Sens...
...fresh outbreak of violence on the Indian side when jihadist separatist fighters launched an offensive against Indian troops. The militancy persists, with over 50,000 dead-indeed, the killing of a top government official on the Indian side within days of the quake suggests there has been no letup in attacks as a result of the disaster, while Pakistan's rejection of help from Indian helicopters piloted by Indian crews may have been driven by a desire to prevent those crews from flying over sensitive areas in Kashmir, such as military installations and possible militant camps...