Word: moons
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...leading foreign diplomats, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, has visited Beirut as part of an intense diplomatic effort to bridge the divide between both parties. France has spearheaded those efforts and, on Monday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was in Beirut for another attempt to strike a deal. But his efforts appeared to be in vain. A visibly frustrated Kouchner blamed unnamed parties for derailing the negotiations. "Everybody was agreed [on the process]. Everybody said they had agreed. Now I'm amazed, France is amazed, that something is stuck, something is blocked, something is derailed, and I would...
...bring "abrupt and irreversible changes." The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity. "Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly, and with one voice," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, who attended the publication of the report in Valencia, Spain. Climate change "is the defining challenge...
MANMOHAN SINGH, Prime Minister of India, announcing a joint plan with Russia to launch an unmanned mission to the moon...
...swear an ill-fated allegiance, are very funny. Fitzpatrick, who brings a really wonderful, engaging ease to Trinculo’s drunken stumblings, is a perfect foil for Caliban’s spluttering rage. Kapetanovic does a terrific job of enjoying his new found servant(s): “Moon-calf!” he calls it/them...
...still don’t understand why there had to be two moon-calves. The choice doesn’t seem to be motivated by any kind of political agenda, and little use is made of the fact that Caliban could be in two places at once if he wanted to. It’s an interesting decision, but not a very productive...