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...helicopters were supposed to retrieve the hostages. Nearby in Villavicencio, Colombia, south of Bogota, observers from France, Switzerland and six Latin American countries, as well as celebrity onlookers like American film director Oliver Stone, packed their bags and left shaking their heads. As he departed, Stone, who has a penchant for things guerrilla, said, "Shame on Colombia," referring to what was widely seen as meddling by President Uribe that may have helped sink the release operation...
...white mare being the traditional conduit for the groom in Hindu and Sikh weddings in northern India, those who make such steeds available for rental have experienced a business boom thanks to Indians' increasing penchant for ostentatious weddings. Wedding planners in Delhi report that the cost of hiring mares has risen at least twofold over the past five years, and more people are opting for the even more elaborate two- or four-mare carriages. Since at any given time there are only 500 or so white mares stabled in and around Delhi, rental prices can rise tenfold or even more...
...host such an event (President Chardaie Charlemagne ’08 did not return my requests for comment). Certainly, the notion of confessing secrets is not a new one. Public confession has existed for centuries, in a range of cultural traditions, though in recent years, society’s penchant for it has really picked up steam. In the new millennium, for instance, cyberspace has provided an outlet for confession. Not only have things like blogs and online diaries become popular, there exist sites whose express purpose is confession. The website PostSecret.com became well known earlier in the decade...
...Next is former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, who, as the son of a former Michigan governor grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, much like Dahl’s Veruca Salt. Romney is definitely the most blue-blooded and aristocratic of all candidates, and has shown a penchant for flip-flopping as the political wind changes, just as the greedy Veruca constantly changed her mind about what she wanted. The loud, brash, and hypercompetitive former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani most resembles Violet Beauregaurde. Consistently exaggerating his record when talking about “cleaning...
...made a lighter impact on the Earth when it did.) This season the action show 24 will set the standard for green production, with all-recycled scripts, biodiesel power and LED lights. (Jack Bauer will not begin chasing terrorists in an L.A. city bus, however.) Given Hollywood's penchant for copying success, if a hit like 24 goes green, expect the rest to follow...