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...number of Americans are hopping onto kickbikes. Invented in Finland in the 1990s, these hybrids combine a bicycle's body and handlebars with a pedal-free platform to stand on and pneumatic tires that dwarf the Rollerblade-size wheels on regular scooters. (See how kickbikes are helping dog walkers pick up the pace...
...giving a U.K. vote to people in far-flung countries may not yield a predictable result. When the Economist ran an online poll for people around the world to pick their preferred U.S. presidential candidate in 2008, Iraq was one of the few countries that favored McCain over Obama. In the U.K., there are no differences among the major parties on the country's Afghanistan policy - and certainly no big-name politicians calling for the 9,000 British troops to be pulled out. But that doesn't mean the U.K.'s newest voters won't have an opinion...
...protesters, wearing red shirts and waving red flags, number far less than the one million that leaders promised would turn out in the preceding weeks. After riding into the capital in pick-up trucks and buses, their numbers peaked at about 100,000 on Saturday night, mainly rural poor who want the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup and is living in self-imposed exile rather than serve a two-year prison sentence on a corruption conviction. In late February, the Supreme Court confiscated $1.5 billion of his assets, saying...
...love the Oscars, but they do have a specific type of film they pick," says Kocher, in a succinct quote that I have provided for your benefit - and to help me transition into this next paragraph, in which I talk about the video's cultural relevance (the Oscars). Then I'll point out that the trailer's formulaic script, in which the characters satirize the genre by describing themselves in relation to the film, has been done before. I'll provide a few examples, such as British broadcaster Charlie Booker's "How to Report the News" segment and The Onion...
...fiancé and I pick up each other’s slack when one of us is really busy or stressed out—such as now, when I’m finishing my senior thesis,” D’Amico says. “And I always like what’s on the menu...