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...walk with Tawoos and his friend Altaf up a steep goat track toward Kamal Kote. They are carrying a sack of flour, 20 packets of biscuits, three loaves of bread, three eggplants, one cabbage, some tea, a bag of sugar, a box of candles and a few loose cigarettes. They are the relief effort. "I buried 27 people yesterday," says Tawoos. He is pale with lack of sleep and bitterness, and has to take frequent rests. He tells us there are 317 dead in Kamal Kote, a village of perhaps 1,000. His head is spinning with...
...crowd of 10,000 filled the basketball arena connected to the convention center to watch the weigh-in of the day's fishing action. Amid a snazzy production of music, lights, video highlights and patriotism, the big moment came down to the contestants pulling fish out of a sack. Local pro George Cochran had the biggest haul, at 10 lbs. 3 oz., which he displayed to thunderous applause. Game over. By winning the Forrest L. Wood [FLW] Championship, Cochran collected $500,000, which isn't bad for a couple of days' fishing. Two weeks later, at the competing Bassmaster Classic...
...summer, so plan a succinct summary of your activities. This should ideally be about 20 to 40 words. (If you went abroad last semester, 20 will suffice.) For example, you might say, “I spent most of the time saving Africans and working on my Haki Sack game. Did you see the Entourage finale?” Something like that will really cover all the bases. Ideally you would follow this up by removing a crocheted sack from your pocket and performing a “Double Around the World...
...freshmen, cornerback Andrew Berry and linebacker Eric Schultz, posted the best numbers of the defense with Berry breaking up three passes and Schultz notching two tackles-for-loss and a sack...
McCartney understood that Godrich was trying to play the role of iconoclast to the complacent icon, and he was willing to go along with it, to a point. "There were a few times I thought, I could sack this guy," says McCartney. "I've produced more records than he's even looked at in a shop." Instead he convinced Godrich that he didn't need to be confrontational to get his point across, and gradually a positive form of creative tension emerged. "When I write, there are times--not always--when I hear John [Lennon] in my head," says McCartney...