Word: restlessness
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Inspector Bishwa Lal Shrestha was 32 years old when he tried to arrest Asia's most notorious murder suspect for the killing of two backpackers in Kathmandu. Shrestha examined their corpses, interviewed eyewitnesses, called in handwriting experts, grilled his "restless" suspect, and was soon sure he had the right man. But in December 1975, Nepal was incredibly polite to foreign visitors so Shrestha's superiors told him to respect the do not disturb sign on the door of Charles Sobhraj's room at Kathmandu's smartest hotel. The inspector's men waited in the lobby for two days for Sobhraj...
From the people behind last year’s infamous Mather Lather foam party comes the latest attempt to sate the partying needs of restless Harvard students: HarvardParties.com. Though the site’s name might seem oxymoronic, founders Zachary A. Corker ’04, Paul H. Hersh ’04 and Darren S. Morris ’05 have pledged themselves to a new breed of social justice by advocating what they call “equal opportunity partying...
...subscription base has nearly doubled over the past four years; and you've just announced stellar earnings. How do you treat your chief executive: a) Extend his contract or b) show him the door? If you're Rupert Murdoch, the answer just might be B. Murdoch seemed at his restless best last week as headlines announced that BSkyB's Tony Ball, who has led the company since 1999, may be on his way out. On his way in, according to unnamed sources in all the papers, is Murdoch's 30-year-old son James. For many public companies, such...
...thing we know: the era of the end of Big Government is over. Bush has ended it. The choice now is between Big Insolvent Government (under the Republicans) or Big Slightly Less Insolvent Government (under the Democrats). No wonder voters are restless. And no wonder fiscal conservatives who backed Bush in 2000 are beginning to feel not so much disappointed as betrayed...
...sleep by the bedroom drapes briskly, noisily, automatically opening to reveal slashes of sunlight--that's his wake-up call. Tokyo has another alarm clock in store for Bob. He needs the jolt of friendship, and he finds it in Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young wife who is as restless as Bob is. When she asks how long he's staying in Tokyo, he replies like a lounge singer at the end of his act, "I'll be in the bar for the rest of the week...