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...disappearing dishes. "In the West, they had sourdough pancakes. Some of the local alcohols" - he stops to ponder the various homebrews of yesteryear and concludes, "We don't make enough booze in this country." Indeed, the Arkansan art of producing cherry bounce (cherry-infused whiskey) needs to return. (See pictures of urban farming...
...stand on its own. For China and the U.S. the end of that support means very different things, but the are inextricable connected. China's stimulus package is aimed at driving business activity and consumer spending within the nation's borders. But, if demand for its exports does not return soon, the most critical aspect of its GDP growth will still be in an anemic state. Alternatively, in the U.S., the core of the stimulus effort is to drop taxes to improve consumer spending and give financial aid to projects that should help move up employment. Until the American consumer...
...tipped by a 13-inch fingernail. Designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi to celebrate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, the statue's $250,000 tab was covered via donations, a French national lottery and a benefit concert at the Paris Opera, among other things. America, in return, was responsible for the statue's base and pedestal, to be constructed within the existing walls of Fort Wood, an Army post on what was then known as Bedloe's Island. At first, most Americans weren't fans of Lady Liberty; out-of-town newspapers and political leaders scoffed...
Unfortunately, there's nothing the Avenger can do at this point for Carter. Catching criminals is, alas, not among our powers. But if the thief who broke into her car is reading, won't you at least return her favorite bathing suit...
...Italian and French officials now say they believe the pair had been trying to furtively return to Europe from Syria, where they had picked up the five Palestinian and Syrian illegals as volunteers for their suspected planned attacks. "We know what kinds of activities [Ayachi and Gendron] had been up to after watching them for months, and they'd never run illegal aliens into Europe before," says a French counter-terrorism official. "You can be pretty sure if they were arrested by the Italians bringing five illegals in when they did, it wasn't to organize a little round...