Word: odd
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...power plants are built in Spain - would offer its customers something to cheer. "The consumer benefits when the security of supply is increased," points out Nils Machemehl, energy analyst at investment bank M.M. Warburg in Hamburg. "And that would be the case here." Sounds great. But mergers have an odd way of not living up to their architects' expectations, and the energy sector is no exception. While Suez and GdF are aiming to slash annual costs by as much as €500 million, utility deals don't always make stockholders smile. After a study of almost 40 such transactions involving...
...facial wounds from the bird shot are "almost unnoticeable," says restaurateur Bob Woody. "He's back, full force." Whittington's card-playing buddy Joe Greenhill, a retired Texas Supreme Court justice, says, "He's been besieged with people who want him to be their lawyer." And here's an odd sign of Whittington's fame: a collector asked if Whittington would sell some of the bird shot plucked out by doctors...
...probably even cooler in Japan, where you can text message your choice to the vending machine, almost as if it were an actual friend! Incidentally, in Japan you can also buy used women’s panties to sniff, but that’s just a bit odd. Fiending for snacks like those chaches in the “Lazy Sunday” video, Bell Lap decided to embark on a brave quest to find the best vending machines on campus. Maxwell-Dworkin: If there were a God up there, it would make perfect sense for the best vending machine...
...According to Eirich, Averell decided to audition for “The Amazing Race” on a whim, sending in videotapes of himself and MacNiven doing odd tasks and talking about themselves. Last July, he got an interview with the producers, and by the fall, he was off to Denver to begin the race...
...There is mischief afoot onboard the S.S. Some Like It Yacht, and detective Cliff Hanger (David W. Ingber ’07) goes undercover to find out who is at the bottom of all the trouble. Unfortunately, all the passengers are suspiciously odd: conniving child-star, little Miss Dee Meanor (John P. Blickstead ’06), has grown outgrown her years of stardom and will do anything to regain the limelight; her bowlegged, swastika-loving director, Jurgen Aregretzat (Phillips), has one passion in life—to reestablish Hitler’s regime; a mute silent-film actress (Sean...