Word: picnics
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...Wednesday and Friday (winter only) foie gras and poultry market here has dwindled over recent years to just a handful of farmers. Madame Gazel, seated at a rickety folding table, is a 32-year veteran of the market, her carefully plucked chickens stashed in blue plastic picnic coolers and her fresh eggs in a wicker basket. A few blocks away, the tree-lined boulevard called the Allées Jules Guesde hosts the big regional antiques and bric-a-brac market held on the first full weekend of every month. Dealers have to wait as long as two years...
Patricia Spier was heading home from a mountaintop picnic in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua when the ambush began. Out of nowhere, a hail of automatic-weapon fire perforated the two Toyota Land Cruisers in which the American schoolteacher and a group of her colleagues and husband were traveling in. "I was shot in the back and fell to the floor," Spier recalls. "The attackers kept shooting and shooting for about 45 minutes ... it felt like thousands of bullets and pieces of shrapnel [were] ripping through the vehicle... People were screaming." By the time the gunfire stopped, three people...
...keep his weapons of mass destruction bottled up at the same time?" The answer to that, warns Saddam's eldest son, is no. "If they come," said Uday Hussein last week, "Sept. 11, which they are crying over and see as a big thing, will be a real picnic for them, God willing...
...Many East Timorese are now calling for Gusmao to play a bigger part in government beyond his largely ceremonial role as President. At the very least, his character is above reproach. A realist, Gusmao also recognized earlier than most that independence would be no picnic. During the May celebrations, he warned people not to get carried away, telling them patience would be needed. If last week's unrest is any indicator, East Timorese are already running...
...even know what dining hall was open,” said Andrew A. Apostolides ’04. “When I looked up the menu, it said they would be serving chicken finger beaks or something disgusting.” He ended up having a Thanksgiving picnic outdoors...