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American troops in Iraq have become masters of improvisation, like bolting jury-rigged armor to humvees to shield themselves from sniper fire and shrapnel. Lately, an even more novel item has joined their battle kits. Stratford, N.J., mom Marcelle Shriver recently got a call from her son Todd requesting ... Silly String. Marines working with his unit in Iraq had shown the Army combat engineer how it can be used to detect trip wires. Before searching buildings, for example, personnel spray doorways from at least 10 ft. away with streams of foam--and see if they're snagged by barely visible...
...Supermarkets, in fact, are still a rarity in India. About 97% of the estimated $200 billion Indians spend shopping every year goes to 12 million mom-and-pop stores around the country. Some of these shops cram a surprising array of foods into their limited shelf space, and a small but growing number have imported food - taco shells, olives, cheeses. But very few of them have aisles down which you can push a shopping cart, and almost none of them are air conditioned or use electronic checkouts...
...want everyone that comes out to have a really good time, and hopefully they can still come to the game.6.FM: Your parents are reported to have tried to persuade you not to switch to Harvard. Have they come around to your deplorable decision?CD: Definitely. You know, my mom pleaded with me, she cried, she didn’t want me to leave Northwestern ’cause it was great...My mom is happy everyday that I came here. She is as in love with Harvard as I am.7.FM: Any big plans for the rest of your time here...
...status, I had previously lived with a group of ’06ers and now I’ve been compelled to find a new family. The two sets of roommates could not be more dissimilar. Second reason: in the same way that my mom used to silence my complaints of not having “cool” parents with the old “you’re stuck with us” move, I feel somewhat invincible in my comfortable position of “stuckness.” In other words, they can?...
...school, even gets through gym class pretty comfortably-but she can't dance. A big dance recital is coming up-dancers from the famous ballet company in the city will be there to watch her-and she wants to be "back to normal" by then. She and her Mom want to know when this pain will go away...