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Mendelsohn, who grew up in southern Florida, said he was fascinated by the NASA space program. He said the shock that he felt upon hearing about the destruction of the Columbia was reminiscent of his feelings in 1986 when the crew of the Challenger was killed due to a malfunction shortly after lift...
...images of young girls in school uniforms being sexual. It's very irresponsible." It's not dirty old men that buy their CDs though; it's usually other, often younger, girls. Lisa Smosarski, editor of teen-pop magazine Smash Hits, says, "Teenagers will understand the video was made to shock and create playground talk: 'Oh my God. Have you seen that video where those girls snog? You've got to see it!' Record companies need to create that kind of buzz to get their video played and the song on people's minds." Despite the apparent manipulation, Tatu seem unconcerned...
...Before the first Gulf War, President Bush compared Saddam to Hitler to help explain him. Tonight, his son did a version of the same, putting forward a graphic litany of the Iraqi dictator's abuses: " electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape." This was an abbreviated version of stories that have animated the president for months, according to White House officials. These are the tales that Bush tells in the private meetings. This barbarism is why, advisers say, Bush is so insistent, as he said...
Elizabeth Clear, a 64-year-old housewife, had long been a 30-a-day smoker. But it still came as a shock when doctors running tests for a hiatus hernia at London's Whittington Hospital found something much more serious - lung cancer. And when consultant Siow Ming Lee proposed enrolling her in a trial using thalidomide to treat the disease, she got an even bigger shock. "That was the drug that damaged the children, wasn't it?" she asked. Despite her initial misgivings, she's now pleased she was given thalidomide - her cancer has been in remission for nearly...
Students said news of the accident has sent shock waves through the Yale campus, where students recently returned from winter break...