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...trick that the Pentagon's Thomas K. Jones has proposed for personal survival in the event of a nuclear war calls for true ingenuity. How does a person crawl into a hole, cover the hole with a couple of doors and then pile three feet of dirt on top of them...
...America--certainly prickly subjects today. What it does do, as McKinney has said, is "simply place the Amerasian in has or her proper preference classification based on their legitimate claim as a chile of a U.S. citizen." In other words, Amerasians would be placed on the top of the pile of aspiring immigrants--were they rightfully belong...
...look per bene [respectable]," Cerruti said. "You will do." Then he tossed a pile of materials across the desk and asked Armani to choose what he liked. "Luckily," Armani says, "I chose what he liked. I got the job." Later Cerruti disclaimed credit for discovering Armani. "Discovering a man like Armani is impossible, because he discovered himself," Cerruti insisted. "He had a natural talent, and he is self-taught. He would have stood out from the crowd in any case. Men like Armani are so rare that when one emerges even the blind are aware...
After Badger net minder Terry Kleisinger stifled Harvard's Shayne Kukulowicz on a shot from right in front at about the eight-minute mark. Wisconsin was right back at the Crimson again, and following a big scramble in front of Lau. Thomas--pulled a loose puck out of the pile and flipped it into the open net, for a 2-0 Badger lead...
...with dusty windows. Normally San Benito Street is dark by 9 o'clock, except for the glare of neon from car dealerships and fast-food kiosks. Two blocks away, in a tree-shaded neighborhood of modest bungalows, is the new county administration building. The old building, a Victorian pile put up in 1886, was destroyed in 1961. You guessed it: an earthquake and 400 aftershocks did the damage...