Word: scorpion
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...measures are common in South Africa's wealthier suburbs, but neighbors describe Thatcher, 51, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as a security-obsessed recluse. "He's a mysterious character," says one. For such a private man, last Wednesday's morning raid by South Africa's Scorpion police unit must have been particularly galling. The Scorpions, whose motto is "Justice in Action," arrived at 7 a.m., catching Thatcher in his pajamas. For the next seven hours they searched his house, including, reportedly, a bedroom-sized safe with reinforced steel walls, examining documents and hard drives for evidence...
Glow sticks? So 90’s. Scorpion bowls? Too syrupy. Contra dancing? Let’s not even get started. FM has stumbled upon the latest and greatest Saturday night activity: a murder-mystery theatre evening, which comes complete with a matching meal and is admittedly best enjoyed with quite a few cocktails...
With Walking Tall, Johnson extends his convincing farewell to the days of five-minute mostly-mute bit parts, exemplified by his debut role as the Scorpion King in 2001’s The Mummy Returns. The journey began with the 2002 Mummy spin-off The Scorpion King and continued with last year’s The Rundown, for which he received a fair amount of critical praise. Johnson, however, was not content to expand just his acting chops in only his third lead role in a feature film, and he relished the opportunity to creatively contribute to Walking Tall from...
...friend of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's and Vice President Dick Cheney's. Panel member Henry Rowen, a Hoover Institution scholar and former Rand Corp. president, worked under Cheney at the Pentagon during the first Gulf War. In September 1990, with Cheney's backing, Rowen cooked up Operation Scorpion, a secret plan to invade Iraq from the west, go all the way to Baghdad and topple Saddam. (The plan went nowhere.) Another panel member, former CIA deputy director William Studeman, now with Northrop Grumman, contributed $250 to candidate Bush's campaign in 2000. His wife gave the Bush re-election...
...Hong Kong is a must-stop on many a 21st birthday pub crawl, and Scorpion Bowls are by far the elixir of choice. The exact contents of this colorful drink, however, remain shrouded in mystery. According to Manager David Hayes, the secret recipe for the Scorpion Bowl is actually patented. He will divulge that the brew is composed of orange juice, pineapple, sour mix and nine different alcohols, including rum. The mix, which is stored in mini-kegs on the third floor, has been perfected by trial and error in a process which creative mind Billy Lee first dreamed...