Word: oddly
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Rush and Depp offer a congenial collision of acting styles: the one purring with assured menace, the other weirder, more daring. In a role that requires him to be both the lead and the comic relief, Depp plays the roguish coquette, sporting another of his odd British accents (as in Sleepy Hollow and From Hell). Only he could make this spiked cocktail of quirks so potent and piquant. Now Pirates could give Depp what he may never have wanted: a movie franchise...
...fitting, outdated or frayed clothes. Donation times are often limited to just a few hours on designated weekdays. But there is an alternative: the brightly colored drop boxes that are popping up outside grocery stores and gas stations in nine major cities across the country. The 1,400-odd USAgain bins collected 8 million lbs. of clothing last year. LET YOUR USED CLOTHES GET A SECOND LIFE, reads a sign on these checkered boxes, all of which are emblazoned with an American flag as well as a triangular recycling logo. But only some of the bins reveal a key detail...
...least of it. The President continued to raise tons of money. Congress passed a prescription-drug benefit for Medicare recipients, with the support of prominent Democrats like Ted Kennedy and Tom Daschle. Bush will campaign on this in 2004, depriving the Democrats of yet another favorite issue. What an odd turn of events: Bush is suddenly more successful at home than abroad. Saddam and Osama are still at large, but Kennedy and Daschle have surrendered. The war in Iraq is intensifying, but Washington's beloved culture war has been defanged...
...We’ve banned smoking and candles,” he said. “It began to feel odd to us that there was still the provision for making fires in the fireplaces...
...pursuit is one of the most maddening in the car business--but carmakers are chasing the young with a fervor not seen since the '70s. Toyota has just launched Scion, a new car brand aimed at recent college grads who want an affordable, functional vehicle (with body styling so odd it hollers "check me out"). Other automakers are working to rebrand their existing youth cars and polish the image of these vehicles by stuffing them with higher-performance engines and hot-rod accessories. The ultimate prize: billions of car payments that will flow from Generation Y. The 68 million Americans...