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Yeah, all of that stuff. The movies that I've seen, other than the John le Carré ones, the other spy movies, they never really keep things under wraps. It's always like somebody's going to get shot. There's always that kind of a payoff. I looked for more original ways that somebody gets their comeuppance. Kind of like what happened in London the other day with [poisoned Russian spy Alexander] Litvinenko...
...potential payoff for Zambrano is great. Chamorro-Padilla says her yearly income totals about $60,000, which means the family might qualify for HFAI. The financial picture, however, will ultimately depend on whether Zambrano’s father, who is divorced from his mother, decides to pitch in. “We’re trying to contact him about that,” Zambrano says...
...live long enough to pass on our genes. But evolutionary rewards also come to those who stand and fight, those willing to take risks--and even suffer injury--in pursuit of prey or a mate. Our ancestors hunted mastodons and stampeded buffalo, risking getting trampled for the possible payoff of meat and pelt. Males advertised their reproductive fitness by fighting other males, willingly engaging in a contest that could mean death for one and offspring for the other...
...Hastings dates back 18 years and the furtive actions outlined in it are some 25 years old. But details of the seedy tale, as presented in the report, may capture Washington's attention more now than they did the first time around: an intermediary seeking an alleged $150,000 payoff for Hastings, a tipoff to Hastings that an associate had been arrested, followed by a frantic cab ride from Washington to the Baltimore airport - instead of nearby National Airport, allegedly to throw off any possible pursuers...
...Hastings dates back 18 years and the furtive actions outlined in it are some 25 years old. But details of the seedy tale, as presented in the report, may capture Washington's attention more now than they did the first time around: an intermediary seeking an alleged $150,000 payoff for Hastings, a tipoff to Hastings that an associate had been arrested, followed by a frantic cab ride from Washington to the Baltimore airport - instead of nearby National Airport, allegedly to throw off any possible pursuers...