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...Scott Schlageter, 35, an American procurement manager for the Saudi air force, it was just another expat's night in Riyadh. He was watching an Antonio Banderas thriller, curled up on the sofa in his home in al-Jadawel, a gated town-house complex in the Saudi Arabian capital. Suddenly the lights died, and the TV zapped off. Schlageter saw a flash and felt a thundering explosion that blew out all his windows. "I grabbed my cell phone, went upstairs to a secure room, called the U.S. embassy and told them we were under attack," he says. A vehicle loaded...
...that only four of them had voted for. They offered modest, mostly recycled proposals here and there. And there were a few joint appearances before left-leaning interest groups who demanded little more than fawning tributes and Bush-baiting applause lines. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, sidelined to his sofa by surgery last February, sized up his competition on CSPAN as they gave their stump speeches before Democratic National Committee. "These guys look like they're running for the Senate," Kerry privately told campaign aides...
...have been blood on his t-shirt on the right side of his torso. His arms and hands were also stained- possibly with blood. There was also a line of congealed blood running across his eyebrows and down the right slope of his nose. He was lying on a sofa-sized red cushion as a man off camera reached to take his pulse. The soldier appears to be in some agony; the grimace gives away his pain, and he's not saying a word...
...father had built a little cupboard for our records, and every night after dinner I would pick another symphony or tone poem to listen to. I would sit on the sofa in the living room and sometimes get up and conduct in my own way. I never had a baton. I had no idea what I was doing, but I was conducting. I had wanted to be a conductor since I started helping my father with his orchestra. When he was preparing at home for rehearsals, I would conduct and he would play the violin part...
...troops on Korean soil is as unfortunate as it is necessary, however, because it is and has always been a constant potential source for friction between the two nations. The only difference is that South Koreans have a newfound confidence and are naturally becoming more assertive. Revision of SOFA is a necessary step in alleviating that friction and improving U.S.-Korean relations...