Word: massing
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...future of weapons of mass destruction: "Now pointed at Japan, North Korea's missiles will one day target the United States and China. The missiles of Pakistan fallen into the hands of fundamentalists will threaten first India, then Europe. Those of Hezbollah - in other words, Iran - that now target Israel will one day be pointed at Cairo, Riyadh, Algiers, Tunis, Casablanca, Istanbul, then at Rome, Madrid, London and Paris. Should the battle lines harden and the country be threatened with annihilation, China's missiles could one day target Japan and the United States...
...Green Door had just a little more going for it than notoriety. The Mitchell brothers shared the artistic ambitions, or pretensions, of the era's porn auteurs. Except for a narrative framing device, the film has almost no dialogue. Chambers' mass seduction scene is accompanied only by the sounds of heavy breathing, moans and the occasional audible wince. One of the film's money shots is an instant replay in slo-mo, then in super-slo-mo and finally in psychedelic greens and pinks. The last two minutes are extraordinary for a porn film: one extended closeup of the faces...
...Chocolate and strawberries. The only announcement that could send a mass exodus of diners to the servery...
...Although they are not innately bad instruments and can provide much-needed liquidity, when left unregulated they can be used in ways that cause tremendous detriment to our financial system. It is not surprising that investor Warren Buffet refers to credit derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction...
...previous studies have found evidence linking rapid weight gain in infancy to a greater risk of obesity later in life, this study analyzed growth rate more precisely, monitoring weight-to-length ratio over the first six months. According to Taveras, the weight-to-length ratio, akin to the body mass index in adults, is a more accurate indicator of body fat than weight alone. The study showed that rapid rises in weight-to-length ratio increased the risk of later obesity from 20 to 40 percent, a risk Taveras called “not insignificant.” Clifford...