Word: ramone
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...summer, not everyone has air conditioning or access to air conditioning, so the impact of extreme hot weather is much larger,” Medina-Ramon said, “especially in more populated cities...
...study, which was co-authored by Professor of Environmental Epidemiology Joel D. Schwartz and Department of Environmental Health research fellow Mercedes Medina-Ramon, unsurprisingly found that extreme heat during the summer months causes thousands of deaths every year...
...Saca, too, may be in hot water if it is determined that the three dead congressmen were themselves involved in drug trafficking. The murdered politicians, Eduardo D'Aubuisson, William Pichinte and Jose Ramon Gonzalez, belonged to El Salvador's ruling Nationalist Republican Alliance party, known as ARENA. All were members of the regional parliament, which has 132 members representing five of the seven Central American nations. Based in Guatemala City, the parliament, known by its Spanish acronym PARLACEN, has been mired in drug-trafficking scandals in recent years. In 2003 a Honduran member of the body was convicted of trafficking...
Fidel Castro's brother Ramon declared that the reportedly ailing Cuban leader was "doing very well, protected by the socialist saints." Holy proletariat! Although the Roman Catholic Church is no fan of communism, the Rev. James Martin, author of My Life with the Saints, points out that the good works of many church figures would make any socialist proud. "Of course the saints are praying for Fidel," Martin says. "But then again, they pray for everybody." Here are a few that might qualify as socialist saints...
...been now. Katsav seems unlikely to escape indictment and, if his case does go to trial, could face imprisonment. His is hardly the first high-level political scandal in Israel: Several past presidents, cabinet ministers and prime ministers have been investigated for financial improprieties; ex-Justice Minister Haim Ramon resigned this past August after being indicted for sexual harassment. But that won't lessen the sting for Olmert, who has seen his support nosedive this year as more and more Israelis have lost faith in their leaders...