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...could use any of the magical spells from Harry Potter, which would you choose? - Sohini Desai, San Diego It's not a spell, but if I could choose any magical thing, it would definitely be the lucky potion. If you have too much, apparently, it screws you up, but the idea of having that perfect day is just so wonderful...
...majesty and cello voice. One might wish that their visit to Voldemort's cave had the shuddering poignancy it does in the book, where a weakened Dumbledore tells his protégé, "I am not worried, Harry. I am with you." But their scenes together cast a lingering spell...
...BICs can keep growing even as the U.S. and Europe flounder, it would spell an end to America's long reign as the driving force in the global economy. Goldman's O'Neill has said it's "conceivable" that China's economy will be bigger than that of the U.S. in less than 20 years and that the BRIC countries as a group will carry as much economic weight as the G-7 group of Western powers plus Japan. This sounds like bad news for the U.S. - and it will certainly bring all sorts of new complications to the global...
...Witnessing this weakness was jarring for someone who adored her grandfather in a way overawed children often do, that sort of spell-bound attachment to things that seem rare and superhuman. My annual summer visits to my grandparents’ California home had always promised new examples of his ingenuity: An apple tree he had recently planted with that plump fruit down there growing just for me, a nifty contraption for picking oranges that would later leave my lips raw and stinging from the acid, and ramps and pulleys of all kinds to ease my late grandmother?...
Israel's treatment of Palestinian children and teens as combatants perpetuates the cycle of hatred. After a spell in an Israeli jail, it's hard for a young Palestinian to stay uninvolved. Walid says he never cared much for anything aside from his school friends and family before his incarceration. Now he bears a radioactive hatred towards Israelis. "The soldiers' curses and insults, I'll carry them to my grave," he says. - With reporting by Jamil Hamad / Hebron and Yonit Farago / Jerusalem...