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...middle of June, alarm bells began to ring. Farmers in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh began holding prayers at major temples. Indian media began to report occult rituals such as farmers arranging "weddings" for frogs and women in one Uttar Pradesh village tying themselves to the yoke to plough land in efforts to please the rain gods. Even farmers in irrigated areas that are not completely dependent on the monsoon are worried. "We keep reading in the papers that the level of water in the dams is falling by a foot every day," says Balbir Singh, a farmer...
...letting us inside his head and even appearing slightly vulnerable.One can only hope, however, that the anxieties of “Heavy Crown” do not reveal a weakening in Pollard’s resolve to continue producing music of this quality. Somehow finding new ground to plough in a career that should long ago have run out of originality, “The Planets are Blasted” once again proves that Pollard is a prolific, but never profligate, talent.—Reviewer Chris R. Kingston can be reached at kingston@fas.harvard.edu...
...death toll could have been much larger had the perpetrators managed to plough their truck into the lobby of the hotel, Malik said before revealing CCTV footage of the final moments before the blast. The dramatic scenes, captured by cameras mounted near the roof of the hotel, showed the truck banging against the gates before sniffer dogs alert the guards of the threat. Some of the men can be seen fleeing in a panic when a small explosion takes place in the cab of the truck, causing it to catch fire as vapour is released into the air. A guard...
...billion Combined 2007 sales of the cholesterol-lowering drugs Zetia and Vytorin, manufactured by Schering-Plough and Merck...
...Drop in Schering-Plough's stock price after a panel of cardiologists announced on March 30 that the drugs may not work. Merck's stock fell...