Word: shedding
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...Shed Be Right, Mate I enjoyed the review of makers, breakers and Fixers, the latest "Blokes and Sheds" book by Mark Thomson [Aug. 6]. In pride of place on the door to my shed is a Shed Code of Practice from woodworkforums.com, which states: "The purpose of a shed is to provide an environment and territory wherein a bloke has total and complete dominion and control and is therefore happy." And: "A bloke shall never have enough tools." Gordon Bidgood, Tyabb, Victoria...
...matter more to other potential militants - say, young men thinking of joining a terror group - than some sermon from Muslim moderates. Yudhoyono has enlisted not just prominent clerics but militants themselves to combat extremist ideas; to cite one example, contrite former terrorists appear on television and admit how they shed Indonesian blood. It's a strategy that could work in other countries where there is already some public anger at terrorists. In Sri Lanka, for example, the government could play on the disgust many moderate Tamils have for the brutal tactics the Tamil Tigers employ by running televised statements...
Once the quintessential "rogue state," Libya is now doing its best to shed an enduring reputation as a sponsor of terror and reintegrate into the international community. "Lockerbie belongs to the past - it's history," assures Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second-born son and potential heir of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, referring to the deadly 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Scotland, one of several terror attacks for which Libyan agents have been tried and convicted. Though Libya denies responsibility for those attacks, Gaddafi acknowledges they, together with the country's provocative stance toward Western nations over...
Grindlay said he hopes the plates will be able to shed more light on many astronomers’ favorite new mystery objects—quasars, the super-massive black holes that form the center of many galaxies...
...said on Monday. Indeed, some within government ranks have been more than willing to denounce fellow Chavez allies in recent months. Pro-Chavez lawmaker Luis Tascon suggested there was corrupt behavior afoot at the state oil company and last week summoned company president and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez to shed light on the matter in front of the national Assembly. Also last week, outgoing Defense Minister Gen. Raul Isaias Baduel said, in his farewell speech, that Chavez's beloved "socialism of the 21st century" was a vague model that was generating unease...