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...Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday caused a minor sensation among the members of the foreign press who were camped out there. Wurzelbacher, who got his first 15 minutes of fame as a prop for John McCain during last year's U.S. election campaign, has swapped his plunger for a reporter's notebook on a mission to cover the Gaza war for the conservative website Pajamas TV. Unable to see much of the fighting himself, Wurzelbacher - who during the election campaign warned that a vote for Barack Obama was a vote for the destruction of Israel - picked a fight...
With two layers of glass, the Bodum Bora Bora tea press keeps your brew hot but stays cool to the touch on the table. Its plunger lets you stop steeping tea without having to remove the leaves. Bodum also makes double-layered cups that keep tea hot and hands cool...
...compared with 20% in the early 1980s. According to the U.N., measles killed 1.1 million children in 1993, down from 2.5 million a year just a decade ago. Polio crippled 140,000 children last year, down from 500,000 in 1980. --A simple medical device that looks like a plunger may be more effective than the traditional hand-pressing technique used in cpr to save heart-attack victims. The small suction pump compresses and expands the patient's chest more vigorously, reduces the risk of broken ribs and allows more blood to flow through the body...
Critics might want to start downloading because with Punch-Drunk Love (see review), the cultural significance of Sandler's work has become a serious proposition. In his new movie, Sandler plays a plunger salesman who dreams of escaping his banal existence via frequent-flyer miles. As far as romantic comedies go, it's very strange, which is what you would expect from director Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia and Boogie Nights. What you don't expect is an art film starring Sandler, whose lowbrow comedies have earned nearly $400 million since 1998 and have made him an idol of teenage...
...after the Harvard band finished their playing. They ran a cable back to the stands but, unfortunately for them, they ran out of time and thus hurried to cover up the telltale detonation wires. The Harvard security force, who only had to wait until the plotters arrived with their plunger, discovered the wires. The group spent a night in jail but the next day were forgiven by the police and suspended by MIT for a term, and life returned to normal...