Word: lording
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...they are of the political arena in general. This actually represents a return to normal: evangelicals have historically been suspicious of getting too deeply involved in worldly matters, preferring a focus on individual salvation. So their willingness to vote their hearts with Huck and leave the rest to the Lord is perfectly normal behavior...
...York Giants, it is almost too easy to start making Star Wars comparisons.Leading the sinister Galactic Empire, otherwise known as the 18-0 Patriots, is the Emperor Palpatine-Richard Nixon hybrid of Bill Belichick, sporting a hoodie that could easily pass as the robe of a Sith lord as he resorts to any means to fulfill his quest for domination. Carrying out Belichick’s cunning plans are his very own Darth Vader (Tom Brady) and Boba Fett (Randy Moss). Brady, too perfect and too efficient, is more robot than man. Moss is a hired gun brought...
Even more ambitious is Masdar's plan to build a completely new city in the desert that will produce no carbon and no net waste, chiefly powered by solar energy. Designed by the British architect Lord Norman Foster, a veteran in sustainability, Masdar City will eventually house 50,000 residents and more than 1,000 businesses, most of them in alternative power and sustainability. Groundbreaking is set for Feb. 9. Today the space that will be Masdar City, near the international airport, is still empty sand - save for 25 different solar panels being run in an 18-month experiment...
...that it would switch to economic protests and boycotts next week, but refugees seeking shelter are still expected to flock to Uganda. It is an unusual situation for Uganda, which still has millions of its own citizens displaced due to a brutal 20-year civil war. The conflict between Lord's Resistance Army rebels and the Ugandan government only ended in July 2006. Nevertheless, says Hashaka of the refugees from Kenya: "They think they're safer here than where they're coming from...
...however, British Lord Chancellor Jack Straw sent a letter to Sark demanding it move to full democracy, calling the proposed compromise inconsistent with "modern democratic principles." Sark is a dependent of the English monarchy, and its laws require approval by the British government...