Word: marlies
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Anantara Hotel, bali.anantara.com, is "more Miami Beach than Bali," says regular Agatha Simanjuntak. And some of the biggest DJs in the business have been manning the decks. "Roofs have a great vibe because you have the stars," says José Padilla of Café Del Mar fame, the DJ on the lounge's opening night. "When you have stars, people like to lose themselves...
...Mohammed Maree (pronouned mar-EYE) is a student of veterinary medicine. He’s a kind man with a quiet, gentle voice who held my hand as we ran through the streets under police siege. When we got hit with tear gas, Mohammed negotiated safe houses for us to go in and wash our eyes. He always worried about my camera. When a passing train a few feet away was hit with rocks and I cowered in fear, he covered my body with...
...surprised by Zapatero's commitment to gender equality. In his first term, he passed a sweeping law against domestic violence, legalized gay marriage, eased divorce laws, and required political parties to practice gender parity. He also appointed equal numbers of men and women to cabinet positions, and named María Teresa Fernández de la Vega as his deputy prime minister...
...Other methodological hiccups mar the government's report. For example, though housing makes up the largest single cost across income groups - 33% to 37% of total expenses - the estimates do not include mortgage principal payments...
...Still, both sides may have an incentive to find a bridge over the gulf that separates them. In the short term, Beijing sees the Olympics as its symbolic entry onto the world stage, and is wary of any developments that could mar its triumph. In the longer term, Beijing needs to contain and manage those centrifugal forces that threaten to break off any part of China. Those concerns, as well as an overall desire to maintain social stability as growing inflation raises the specter of economic turbulence, weigh heavily against the Chinese leadership opting for the sort of brutal crackdown...