Word: nomad
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...former recruited athlete and dean’s list student at Middlebury College, Chris Lincoln is the author of “Playing the Game: Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League” published by Nomad Press...
...thought we should leave a few of the rusted tanks and missile launchers out there on the fairways as a testament to history," McNeill says, "but Afzal said, 'No, it's time for a new chapter.'" Afzal cleared away land mines by borrowing a flock of sheep from a nomad and setting them loose on the course. A few were blown up, but Afzal's philosophy is, Better dead sheep than dead golfers. (He paid the nomad for the lost sheep.) The United Nations later turned the course into a training area for mine-sniffing dogs. "Our club...
...says. That's an understandable fear. During their five-year rule, the Taliban made many enemies. But even in Omar's village of Singesar, locals say they have been trying to persuade Taliban relatives to return home, now that the rains have come and planting season is underway. A nomad preacher has set up a small school in Omar's deserted madrasah, and girls are being taught there-unthinkable when Omar ran the place. Some villagers are now embarrassed by their link to Omar. Says a driver in the bazaar, "Truth is, Omar wasn't really one of us." Abdul...
...tough part about writing boy books, as we may as well call them (hey, chick lit doesn't rhyme either), is that a lot of guys just aren't all that complicated. Such a man is David, the 27-year-old protagonist of Scott Mebus' Booty Nomad (Miramax Books; 392 pages). David is a TV producer struggling to bounce back from a horrific breakup with a woman he can bring himself to refer to only as the Eater of Souls. Like Tom, David gets plastered, visits a strip club, hits on his female friends and longs for an unattainable lady...
...Creative Nomad MuVo2 This new release, pictured left, isn't the flashiest player around, but it's a good entry-level choice for a teenager or a relative. Its capacity of 850 songs will comfortably hold the entire Linkin Park and So Solid Crew back catalog, while the simple plug-and-play, drag-and-drop functionality makes operation a breeze...