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...awfully good idea to unzip your fly in the bathroom when these things are on the loose. And as for making illicit love in the john, forget about it. But to be honest about it, the laughs engendered by these incidents derive more from simple shock - ewww, yuck - than from any - dare we say it in this context? - more subtle response...
...Study the price: with scholarships and financial aid, the college that causes the worst sticker shock may still offer a better deal...
...open to all. At Harvard, families that earn less than $40,000 a year don't have to contribute a penny to their kids' education; Yale and Stanford do the same for families making $45,000 or less. But for middle- and upper-middle-class families, the sticker shock at an élite university can be overwhelming. And the recent interest-rate hike of almost 2% on government-backed loans only increases the distress...
...sponsored cease-fire goes into effect - and diplomats suggested Friday that they were close to a truce deal backed by a 15,000 strong international force - the after-shock of the Lebanon war is expected to shake-up the top echelons of the Israeli military, and it may even threaten Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition government. Israelis overwhelmingly supported Olmert's initial decision to strike hard against Hizballah. But the latest opinion polls by Yediot Ahronot newspaper show a drop in the public's confidence with Olmert, his war cabinet and with the generals...
...enforcement agencies about the two peroxide-based liquid explosives that could be used in a future attack against the U.S. - triacetone triperoxide (TATP) or hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD). The report describes how a terrorist would assemble bombs with these chemicals. Peroxide-based liquid explosives "are sensitive to heat, shock, and friction, can be initiated simply with fire or electrical charge, and can also be used to produce improvised detonators," the report states. "For example, TATP or HMTD may be placed in a tube or syringe body in contact with a bare bulb filament, such as that obtained from inside...