Word: mud
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...caravan of misery," the trip made good on Lula's election promise to take his ministers to see the suffering of the country's rural areas at first hand. Seemingly oblivious to the blazing sun, the Workers' Party leader hugged locals and stopped off in half a dozen mud homes to speak with the families living there. All the mothers he spoke with raise their children alone, on incomes far below the minimum wage. Few have the means to provide basic necessities like food, let alone pay for running water or schooling. "This is a practical demonstration of the importance...
...threatened to turn to chaos. Frustrated at the three-hour wait for Mwai Kibaki, the crowd crushed forward, causing dozens of people to faint from suffocation. When outgoing President Daniel arap Moi stood, Kenyans angry at his 24 years of corrupt and autocratic misrule pelted the dais with mud and drowned out his speech with chants of "All is possible without Moi" and, simply, "Go Away." Street urchins took advantage of the confusion to snatch wallets, cell phones and cameras. "I have no clue who's in charge of the security operation," said a harried policewoman. "The army shoves people...
...clumsy cover-up. She choked back tears last week as she read a statement, confessing, "I am not a superwoman." On the Monica scale, "Cherie-gate" doesn't have much weight. But it has stained Cherie's rep as a bright, popular woman, and some of the mud could stick to her PM husband. For another lawyer's experienced opinion on the subject, Cherie might give Hillary a call...
...Mud Bath...
...served on plates--but here they're in glasses. The details are something to relish: the Key Lime Pie Martini features crushed graham crackers lining the rim of the glass, with a layer of cream sitting atop the drink. Caramel swirls and chocolate shavings are found in the Mississippi Mud Martini. "Dessert-cocktail recipes have been gathered from some of the premier bar chefs in the U.S.," says Lisa Hawkins of the Distilled Spirits Council. Michael Waterhouse, co-owner and beverage designer of Dylan Prime, experiments with various ingredients to perfect his Pie-tinis. "Consumers know more now," he says...