Word: overrun
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...hardly alone. There was also inane councilwoman Gale Brewer proclaiming victory over the terrible jobs Wal-Mart might bring to her Upper West Side district, so overrun with economic development that she can apparently turn companies away. Perhaps she's waiting for a Toyota plant. Brewer helps run a city where rookie cops earn $25,000 a year. On an hourly basis, that's barely above what Wal-Mart is paying in its Secaucus, N.J., store. Maybe the cops can get a second job to make ends meet, since they can't afford to live in the city they protect...
...these are being repeated across the tribal region of Pakistan, a rugged no-man's-land that forms the country's border with Afghanistan--and that is rapidly becoming home base for a new generation of potential terrorists. Fueled by zealotry and hardened by war, young religious extremists have overrun scores of towns and villages in the border areas, with the intention of imposing their strict interpretation of Islam on a population unable to fight back. Like the Taliban in the late 1990s in Afghanistan, the jihadists are believed to be providing leaders of al-Qaeda with the protection they...
...runway in these robes and long underwear.At the end of the show, the model army takes its final walk down the runway, tan, cut, and richly clad.3:20 p.m. After a brief hiatus, marked by rounds of complimentary coffee, magazines, and a Kim Catrall sighting, we are again overrun with overzealous reporters and show attendees. We secure our passes and prepare to enter “The Tent” for the BCBG Max Azria show. No more small venues: this is the big top, reserved for the most prominent designers. Vast, shadowy, and crammed with people, the atmosphere...
...town overrun with tanned, taut former prom queens, America Ferrera, the shapely actress who plays frumpy secretary Betty Suarez on ABC's hit TV show Ugly Betty, was a surprise Best Actress winner, and her show's Outstanding Comedy nod also caused a stir. Ferrera, who looked altogether lovely collecting her award in a purple frock, said she hears from girls who are inspired by Ugly Betty, a character who "truly brings a new face to television." Girls, what you see is the face of a woman in Hollywood who consumes carbohydrates. And that is a beautiful sight, indeed...
...been—rings hollow. Saddam’s status as one of this and last century’s most ruthless tyrants has not been brought into question, nor should it ever. Instead, al-Rubaie’s prediction seems laughable because Saddam’s execution was overrun by the endless sectarian violence that has come to dominate this new page in Iraqi history, which may be just as dark as Saddam’s. Hussein’s trial and execution were supposed to provide a historical reckoning, a sense of closure, and an opportunity...