Word: sackings
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...boat. They had no language skills, no detailed plan of action, no degrees in candy distribution. And they were working with third graders, not experienced local leaders and businesspeople. Development groups don’t simply come to a village and start tossing money out of a sack...
...they were completed centuries after their alleged dates as propaganda for a later Jewish government. Jeremiah's story is one of the most vividly rendered lives in the Old Testament. His biography is accepted as fact by pious Jews and Christians, as are the book's details regarding the sack of Jerusalem, in which Nebo-Sarsekim reportedly participated, and the subsequent Jewish exile "by the rivers of Babylon," commemorated by the Book of Psalms and Bob Marley. Minimalists tend to regard it as a polemic, until proven otherwise...
Musharraf's decision to sack Chaudhry for alleged abuse of office earlier this year triggered mass protests in cities around the country. Many in Pakistan's moderate middle classes believe the President sidelined the independent-minded judge because he stood in the way of Musharraf's plan to ask the current parliament to hand him another five-year term. With Chaudhry back in office, two questions that will determine Musharraf's future become a lot more complicated. First, should Musharraf be able to stay on as President while remaining as head of the army? And second, should the present parliament...
...ease: because if we can’t embrace the extremes of pant width, then who can? THREE TIPS FOR LEG-WIDENING 1) Pair these pants with something tighter on top so that you don’t look like you were in the wild with only a burlap sack for clothing and a twin with whom you could only speak twin language. 2) Don’t make your pants so long that they cover your shoes. Victoria Beckham is the only person I know who can do this, and that is because the title of her exceedingly long...
...Wolf’s video is badly timed, poorly conceived, and tiredly executed. Instead of Björk’s lighthearted jumping on cars, dancing with a mailbox, and flying through the air, we get Wolf reviving a dead motorcyclist, wearing a leopard print hoodie (or oversized potato sack?), and surrounding himself with uninspired dancing townspeople. Lesson Three: Don’t attempt a vintage trope unless you have something to add. The music video musical concept is well-worn, but it can be candy-coated wonderful—if the confection comes to life with the right spoonful...