Word: size
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...past two decades, Burma's generals have doubled the army's size to 450,000 soldiers, making it one of the largest military forces in the world. More than one-third of the nation's budget is spent on this massive establishment. The military also runs kindergartens, medical schools and technical colleges, open only to its own personnel - thus creating a state within a state whose primary purpose is to train Burma's future ruling class. Signs of internal dissent are quickly suppressed. Khin Nyunt, the former head of military intelligence who was once hailed as a potential reformer...
When Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) introduces his friends to his new girl--a life-size sex doll named Bianca--some folks have trouble accepting it. Brother Gus (Paul Schneider) is concerned that Lars found "a fiancé in a box." One guy mutters that Lars is "in love with that slutty hunk of silicone." But most of the other residents of this wintry Midwestern town go with the flow. They've been urging the cripplingly shy Lars to get a girlfriend. And this one is gorgeous enough to be an instant local celebrity; she looks like Angelina Jolie but smaller...
...romantic weepie The Notebook and pursuing a murderous Anthony Hopkins in this year's thriller Fracture. But it took Bianca's quiet charm to draw out Gosling's most appealing performance and the one closest, he says, to who he really is. Bianca, by the way, is a life-size, anatomically correct sex doll...
...provide." Yacht companies are reporting a massive increase in rentals. "Our charter business has tripled over the past five years," says Jillian Montgomery, CEO of Camper & Nicholsons, which sells yachts and manages charters for boat owners. Among the hottest rentals are mega-yachts: those personal islands ranging in size from 150 ft. (45 m) to 500 ft. (150 m)--a skyscraper turned on its side...
...past decade, zillionaires have entered the mega-yacht race, one-upping one another in size and cost. Yachts longer than 150 ft. (45 m) go for $20 million to $50 million. Venture capitalist Tom Perkins has beaten them all with the Maltese Falcon. The 289-footer (88 m) cost more than $100 million and is one of the world's largest, fastest sailing yachts. At up to $700,000 a week, it is also one of the most expensive charters--and you're too late. It's booked until...