Word: rewardingly
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...shady friend to acquire it for five grand but decided not to sell. Then, when I was going home to Washington State for summer break and was about to run out of gas near Berkeley, I decided to take the scroll to its rightful owners and claim the $500 reward that had been offered for it. The curator was very nice and told me I could leave because I returned the scroll unharmed. I said that I wanted the reward. He said, "O.K., if that's the way you want it," and called in the police...
...terror expert Roland Jacquard, who has worked as an adviser to the Elysée in the hostage crisis. "Alliances are made and cut over night. It's total chaos." Will the rapprochement between France's Muslims and the rest of society last? Some say that the government should reward the country's Muslims by making Eid al-Adha, the festival marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, a school holiday. And it could be difficult for Islamic leaders to reverse last week's acceptance of the head-scarf ban once the hostage crisis has passed...
...most of human history, a long and healthy life has been shrugged off as a gift from the gods--or maybe the undeserved reward for a lifetime of plain cussedness. But to gerontologists, the vagaries of aging have become the focus of intense scientific research...
...Jersey? Not exactly what you'd expect. Welcome to the premiere episode of Wife Swap, ABC's riveting examination of family values (Wednesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.) starting Sept. 29. Unlike Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, Fox's current version of the same concept, Wife Swap involves no monetary reward. Just a simple premise: two matriarchs from different worlds swap lives for two weeks. One of the most entertaining new entries in reality TV, Wife Swap reminds us that the American living room is as fascinating a laboratory of human emotions as Borneo or the corporate boardroom. --By Jeanne McDowell...
...been inside that day, we would have had him." Three years later, Provenzano, 71, is still at large. Since taking over the Mafia a decade ago, he's managed to stay one step ahead of special police units, a team of magistrates and a reported j2.5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. In early August, police nabbed Pasquale Tegano, 49, leading boss of the Calabrian mob clan 'ndrangheta, but Provenzano remains untouchable. Authorities are still upbeat, though. When top Mob lieutenant and Provenzano associate Antonino Giuffré was captured two years ago and turned state's witness...