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...dude-no-more, doesn’t even have eyes—apparently freaky little white slits are the most recent innovation in reptile assault.While my much tamer Turtles were wandering through the wood block world I had created them, my sister was usually busy with an itsy-bitsy scenario of her own. Polly Pocket consisted of finely painted people of plastic about a centimeter-high which you could make sit at chairs in their itty bitty little plastic house which would fold up into some sort of little girl shape and take up a wallet-sized amount of your...
...Defense Department briefing this spring for the nation's governors on potential future international conflicts, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer was intrigued by one war scenario. In the hypothetical case, conflict with an oil-exporting nation interrupted U.S. petroleum supplies and forced reliance on alternative energy sources that have yet to exist. The official's message: Leaders should think about tomorrow's needs today. If mining states could make gasoline from abundant coal, for example, the military would buy every drop. "That piqued my interest," says Schweitzer, whose state may hold about a third of the United States' coal deposits...
...gossamer scenario begins with the assumption that the inept and corrupt al-Jaafari government has discredited itself with the Iraqis. It certainly has no allies left in the Bush Administration. "Jaafari overplayed his hand," says an official, referring to the Prime Minister's overly friendly relations with Iran. There is a possibility that the current ruling alliance of religious Shi'ite parties will split apart. There is the probability that the Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani-the most respected religious figure in the country-will not endorse the Shi'ite slate, as he did last time, even if it holds...
...move to cornerback meant that the Berry brothers could potentially face off—literally—in only the sixth game of their respective college careers. And although Adam might not make it on the field this Saturday, it’s still a scenario Andrew has thought about.“The first thought that would cross my mind would be how weird these circumstances were,” he said. “Throughout high school, I’m just used to seeing a cornerback in man-coverage against Adam and knowing exactly where...
...farmers in the affected villages go about their preparation for the winter, cutting logs and harvesting corn from the fields. But there is a difference. The farmyards are empty, now, and the ritual morning and evening feeding has stopped. This is a scenario that no hardworking rural Romanian could ever imagine...