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When in the midst of noncombat encounters, the players sit in their places. Tanya delicately eats her HUDS bagged lunch and folds the Saran wrap before putting it beside her on the couch. Carefully, she unscrews the top of her stainless steal thermos and pours hot water into the lid of the thermos, which serves the double function of a cup. Noncombat is generally relaxed, where dialogue is heavy, strategic, and goofy...
...reason the game moves at the somewhat halting pace that it does is that every move, every action, every piece of knowledge gained, is determined by rolling a die. Aside from the spontaneity that results when nine people sit together in a room, the game has the added dimension of chance. There are four-sided dice, six-sided dice, eight-sided dice, 10-sided dice, 12-sided dice, and 20-sided dice. All are rolled in different circumstances, and all are determinative...
...Congress extends the program to April - but not beyond that. "Any kind of stimulus must be for a brief period of time or it doesn't work," says Saft. "If they're given a long period of time, there wouldn't be much movement early on because people would sit on the sidelines and watch the market...
...over by the Dutch in the 17th century and used as a place of burial. When the British arrived in 1825, they added a lighthouse and converted the original building into a munitions and gunpowder store. Wander through the arresting stone structure, which is open to the sky, then sit on the cool floor and gaze out at the Strait. (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...
...young stars of their award-winning movie. Lade visits the school three times a week to check on the children's progress, and she says that for the past six months, their attendance has been steadily dipping. "Rubina has 28% attendance, while Azhar has 37%. They didn't even sit for their last examination," Lade says. (See pictures of Slumdog director Danny Boyle...