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...have grown apart for standard reasons: Nick's friends think he is completely whipped by his wife (he has hyphenated his last name with hers) and his career is in the toilet (he works at a pet-grooming parlor called 'Sup Dawg). Lou, on the other hand, is a rude, crude alcoholic whose nickname is the Violator - a man it would be a brilliant idea to grow apart from - but he's also the impetus for the reunion. After a sodden night on the town, Lou passes out in his own garage behind the wheel of his running muscle...
...African President Jacob Zuma received a less than cordial welcome when he stepped off the plane in London for a three-day state visit to Britain this week. The British media, renowned for their sometimes witty, often outlandish headlines and a tone that can swing between cheeky and downright rude, have vilified Zuma for having five wives, calling him everything from a "sex-obsessed bigot" to a "vile buffoon...
...Smith testifies that he is both a gentleman ("Death before discourtesy is my f---in' mantra") and a bit of a role model for fatties ("I do wear it fairly well"). Claiming he was treated "like a terrorist" and vowing revenge against the carrier (the Smodcast is titled "Go [Rude Condemnation], Southwest Airlines"), he says he fears the incident will haunt him to death and beyond: "That's what it's gonna say on my grave: Too Fat to Fly - TFTF." The event was impromptu, engaging and oddly equitable; Smith has the gift of seeing himself as a figure...
...southern European nation. The row began with a tongue-in-cheek magazine cover in the German magazine Focus. The Venus de Milo - known by Greeks as the Aphrodite for Milos (and considered by some to be part of the country's looted heritage) - was depicted making a rude gesture, with the caption: "Cheats in the euro Family...
...them in its turn - for centuries. There's nothing preordained about how its modern rise will play out; much will depend on the skill with which China's interlocutors conduct themselves. That's one more reason to celebrate a legendary mapmaker and his work, even if he was rather rude about Americans' taste in lunch...