Word: mads
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...unrealistic to expect proper results when stakeholders are not fully committed to the cause. Muhammad Anas Mansoori, KARACHI If the U.S. had not foolishly dissipated its energy and resources chasing phantoms in Iraq, Afghanistan would be in much better condition by now. The entire world - except for a few mad mullahs - supported the Americans in chasing the primitive demons out of Afghanistan. Now the Taliban is back, and the Americans are helpless against the resurgent terrorists. It is very frightening for the rest of the world too. Murli Nair, NOIDA, INDIA
...walking their babies and dogs, they were, to borrow from a poet, "making the best of their way back to life/ And living people, and things they understand." Yet how strange to pass suddenly from the year-end thrill of a spirited campus to the horror of a mad gunman, to the glare of the global media and to blinking back toward something familiar. "And I don't think it's going to be any less strange anytime soon," says Turnage...
...wreck of a reinforcement expedition in Bermuda inspired Shakespeare's magic play, The Tempest (1611), complete with Caliban, a savage aboriginal; a passage in one of John Smith's many promotional tracts inspired a verse in Peggy Lee's song Fever (1958)--"Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair." In reality, Jamestown was a hardheaded business proposition. The 104 English settlers who stayed when the ships went home--gentlemen, soldiers, privateers, artisans, laborers, boys (no women yet)--were late entrants in the New World sweepstakes. Spain had conquered Mexico by 1521, Peru by 1534. The mines disgorged silver...
...wily septuagenarian. At first, McCain's staff assured them that the Senator had not intended his remarks to King to get out so soon. Then they told us they can't keep McCain from going off script, though, as one aide said, "I understand why you're mad...
...fabled spice is a workable compromise between flavor and affordability. Meals of mixed starters, entrée and dessert can be comfortably had for under $30. Afterwards, guests can head to the champagne bar and enjoy the one Moroccan delicacy about which there is no debate in smoking-mad Indonesia: 12 flavors of imported tobacco, drawn through handblown glass shisha pipes. For reservations call...