Word: mr
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...bullets hit his wife, Lamyaa al-Saadi, causing the loss of sight in her left eye, skull and jaw fractures, hearing loss and scarring to her face. Her son Ahmed, then 8, was blinded in the right eye from glass splinters from the windscreen; Mr. al-Saadi and other children suffered mental trauma. They also allege the Australian soldiers failed to give them medical assistance. They claim they were given no warning before the soldiers opened fire...
...approaching the statue reverentially and then bowing deeply. But before we could ask what, exactly, the Great Leader meant to them, their tour guide herded them off. When we were back on the bus, we got a tongue-lashing in Korean from a senior minder. My group's minder, Mr. Kim, sheepishly interpreted: "Stick to the schedule. Otherwise, you'll never be able to see everything, and you'll get in trouble...
...musicians played compositions by Richard Wagner, Antonin Dvorak and George Gershwin, but it was the last piece that brought down the house. Arirang is a 600-year-old Korean folk anthem adored in both North and South, and the orchestra "played it beautifully," a beaming Mr. Kim pronounced. As the musicians left the stage, some turned and waved goodbye, and many in the audience reciprocated. The cheers then got louder and went...
...college, although references to Harvard and The Lampoon are scattered throughout the show. Reiss admits that this is not a coincidence.“We hit Harvard a little more because we know it well,” he said. However, he denied the widely held rumor that Mr. Burns is based on “Justice” professor Michael Sandel.Despite moving into animated comedy by accident, Reiss has no intention of quitting. Having branched out from “The Simpsons” with his own animated show “Queer Duck,” Reiss claims...
...pepper them with questions about what Kim Il Sung meant to them, their handler hustled them into the museum. When we got back on the bus, we got a tongue-lashing; a handler screaming at us in Korean to behave. My group's translator, a decent enough guy named Mr. Kim, sheepishly translated: "He says we have to stick to the schedule. Otherwise, you'll never be able to see everything and you'll get in trouble...