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...refugee from the village of Hazarbagh who is in a camp under the troops' protection, lost his wife, three sons and two daughters when the Taliban--with Pakistani, Uzbek and Uighur Chinese troops in its force--raided the village last year. One old woman was rolled in a mattress, doused with gasoline and set on fire. The Northern Alliance's commanders thought their chance for revenge would soon come; the American bombers, they hoped, would target the Taliban forces massed against them...
...refugee from the village of Hazarbagh who is in a camp under the troops' protection, lost his wife, three sons and two daughters when the Taliban?with Pakistani, Uzbek and Uighur Chinese troops in its force?raided the village last year. One old woman was rolled in a mattress, doused with gasoline and set on fire. The Northern Alliance's commanders thought their chance for revenge would soon come; the American bombers, they hoped, would target the Taliban forces massed against them...
...people, ‘Friction keeps me sleeping soundly at night’,” he explains. And the ropes do not budge. When in the “down” position the bed frame itself rests on the wooden structure. But when up, the frame and mattress are counter weighted by four two-pound cement blocks. It’s incredibly sturdy. “I’m confident that it could hold four to five people, but it’s only been tested with two so far,” says Matchett...
...they just might. Li has begun construction of her cozy caverna makeout space beneath her lofted bed where she plans to slam on boys. The cavern is filled with plush, delightfully tacky beanbags and a blow up alien doll. White Christmas lights dangle from the mattress, illuminating the wall where Li will eventually hang up Polaroids...
Facing a second consecutive year of losses, thunderstruck hordes of investors have begun to move serious money out of stocks and into bonds, money-market funds and savings accounts. That's not quite the mattress, but as the bedrock of Americans' retirement goals--401(k) assets--keeps withering, you can practically hear the people wail, "Where, oh where, have you gone, Bob Rubin? What, oh what, will you do, Alan Greenspan...