Word: moratoriumed
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...from becoming too enthusiastic, or infiltrators from stirring up trouble. Marchers came from all over the country, many of them determined to stay in Beirut until the government collapses. Hizballah politicians promised an open-ended and escalating series of civil actions, from strikes at key national institutions to a moratorium on paying sales taxes and electricity bills. "We withstood 34 days war with Israeli," said former Hizballah MP Mohmmed Berjawi. "We can stay here as long as it takes...
...follow two lovers as they turn into skeletons and send up well-worn cinematic beach love scenes (we need a moratorium on parodies of “From Here to Eternity” and “10”). The girl is Devon Aoki, of “Sin City” fame; she looks bored. Probably because Burton can’t make Flowers interesting. He moves woodenly. He may have the looks of a frontman, but not the charm, and this video exposes his bare-bones talent...
...Really Big Catch Iceland resumes whaling Hey, Ahab! Breaking a 20-year global moratorium on commercial whaling, Icelandic authorities plan to begin issuing licenses to hunt 40 minke and endangered fin whales through next August...
...burn caused by a radiator. One suspect said he was electrocuted during interrogation. Another says Burge forced him to play fake Russian roulette. Over the years, hundreds of similar stories emerged, some with enough merit that they factored large in former Gov. George Ryan?s decision to declare a moratorium on executions in Illinois in 2000 and clear the state?s Death...
...baffled as we are" by North Korea's actions, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said in Beijing last week. Hill was in the Chinese capital to talk with senior officials about how to handle the fallout from the missile launches, which broke North Korea's self-imposed moratorium on such tests. "China has done so much for that country," Hill said, "and that country just seems intent on taking all of China's generosity and giving nothing back." Says Yan Xuetong, a professor of international relations at Beijing's Tsinghua University: "I think that China is very unhappy...