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...heard chemical alarms sound. When I asked if these alarms meant chemicals had been detected, I was told that the chemical alarms had malfunctioned. I became ill and was treated for nausea, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea and high temperature. Rashes I had all over my body I thought were normal and expected since I spent most days in the sand, wind and sun with all the attendant fleas, flies and desert parasites. Headaches I attributed to fatigue and lack of sleep. The symptoms ... continued after I returned home and got progressively worse...
...water has returned to its normal milky jade hue. Even some of the gashes caused by landslides have begun to green over as nature struggles to match man's furious pace of recovery. The reconstruction campaign following the May 12 earthquake, which killed 87,000 people and left 10 million homeless, rates as one of China's most astonishing endeavors. Even for a country that likes to think big, the numbers are staggering: over the next three years, Beijing has pledged to spend $176 billion on rebuilding, roughly $50 billion more than the U.S. has devoted to post-Katrina work...
Spitzer call girl ASHLEY DUPRE says she's "just a normal girl," hopes Julia Roberts will play her in the movie...
...part of the Obamas' appeal is their refusal to harp on their exceptionality, their emphasis (repeated to Kroft like a mantra) on giving their daughters a "normal" life. It's only fitting that Malia and Sasha are big fans of Hannah Montana (on which they were offered but haven't accepted a cameo): the Miley Cyrus show is a fantasy about a girl celebrity with a secret life as an ordinary...
...knew we were probably screwed, but I was strangely undeterred. We spent the weeks leading up to the show trying to recalibrate our thought patterns to fit those of the elusive average American. By the time my plane landed in Los Angeles, I felt just like the gosh golly normal fellah from my audition tape. The taping started with an audition run. A lovely production assistant ran up to the stage and grabbed my hand, telling me I was not enthusiastic enough. “You need to be clapping and smiling more. ‘Coolness’ does...