Word: magical
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Days later, India?s Hiranandani Corp. Worldwide announced a refinancing deal and declared Nauru ?saved from bankruptcy.? But PPB?s Stephen Parbery says the deal, like others before it, is a mirage; the assets will eventually be sold. ?There?s no magic wand,? he says. ?Talk of refinancing flies in the face of economic reality.? A government spokeswoman says talks with HCW ?and several others? are continuing...
...time searching for a "truth serum," experimenting with electroshock and LSD without success. "Drugs in particular held out the highest hope," says Mark Bowden, who wrote a landmark story about interrogation in the October 2003 Atlantic Monthly. "But the human mind is more complex than that. There's no magic bullet." Over time, most intelligence professionals have settled on tools in the torture lite category. The FBI's methods fall on the genteel end of the spectrum. "Convicted felons have explained that they more likely would confess to an investigator who treated them with respect," according to a November...
...that the flame Rachel carried for Ross has been snuffed out of prime time, JENNIFER ANISTON fans have another hot event to anticipate. The torchbearers for this summer's Olympics in Athens were announced last week, and there on the list among the athletic likes of Magic Johnson, Gail Devers and Carl Lewis was the Greek-American actress. Aniston, whose father's original name is Anastassakis and whose godfather was Telly Savalas, certainly has Hellenic cred. But we still bet My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos is peeved...
...funny (June 6: "I gagged while brushing my teeth ? expelling red wine, venison, fillet mignon and hand made sausage?the color scheme was actually kind of beautiful?") Kochalka has a kind of childish charm - he draws himself as an elf with buck teeth and pointy ears - who finds magic in moments the rest of us would ignore...
...further cement the sorry state of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, Amare Stoudamire was just added to the roster. Twelve years ago, it was Jordan, Bird, Magic. This year? Shawn Marion, Stoudamire and Richard Jefferson. Who are these guys...