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...Nikkei rocket has been fueled almost entirely by foreign cash. In the last month foreigners have bought $1.8 billion of Japanese equities on average each week, according to Bridgewater Associates, a money-management firm based in Wilton, Conn. At the same time, locals have sold more than $2 billion worth each week. Cashing out? You bet. That imbalance between sellers and buyers finally caught up with the market last week, which ended in a 4% dive...
...million lawn ornament is--or was--a Saturn V rocket, one that was briefly known by the promising designation Apollo 18. Originally built to carry men to the surface of the moon, Apollo 18 was poised to go until the early 1970s, when the U.S. ran out of both the money and the will to make that kind of journey, and the giant missile was ordered to stand down...
...ridges now we have disposable rocket launchers, surface-to-air missiles and machine guns, including antiaircraft guns. On one occasion I was positioned on a mountain facing the Drass-Kargil highway. It's fun to target the Indian convoys...
...most concrete campaign pledge: to withdraw within a year Israel's occupation forces from south Lebanon, where they are fighting a costly, no-win war with the Hizballah militia. Barak wants an agreement from Lebanon that its army will disarm Hizballah and protect northern Israel from infiltration and rocket fire. Lebanon won't make that deal without the approval of Syria, which doesn't want to release Israel from its Lebanon quagmire without a reward...
...classic summer smoothies, including as the Tropical Treasure and the Cape Codder as well as five "Smoothies with a Purpose." A "purpose," in Wrap-speak, is a nutritional additive, such as ginkgo, lecithin, ginseng, protein vita-mix or nutritional yeast. Smoothies like the "Athlete's Advantage" and "Adam's Rocket Fuel" promise energy and hydration to thirsty customers...