Word: spun
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...Washington's cycle of blame spun up again last week, the official caught in the blades was Robert Mueller, who until now has impressed many critics with his intelligence, energy and commitment to reform. Though the director did not comment on the specifics of the Rowley memo, he issued a statement that signaled he is serious about fixing his broken institution. "I am convinced that a different approach is required," he said. "There is no room for the types of problems and attitudes that could inhibit our efforts." One of his ideas is to create a new "flying squad...
...Bitter irony alert: Boto later started a profitless digital animation business, run by the son of chairman Kao, Francis Kao. If manufacturing is spun off, the dud animation unit is all shareholders will wind up owning. "What do these guys know about the animation business?" says Webb. "This is not what we invested in." Webb and Mobius are leading a group of independent shareholders to vote down the deal...
...uptown branch and plans to launch another next month. North of Boston in Beverly, Mass., Organic Garden Restaurant just expanded its raw menu to meet popular demand. In Larkspur, Calif., outside San Francisco, the upscale Roxanne's debuted four months ago to rave reviews for its ersatz sushi rice spun from raw parsnips and pine nuts. Owner Roxanne Klein is collaborating on a raw-food cookbook with famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter...
Mancini couldn’t keep Brown at bay for long, though, as Courtney Johnson scored on a quickstick off a pass from Laurel Pierpont. Less than a minute later, Anneberg carried the ball from behind the net, spun hard and slotted it behind Mancini for a 2-0 lead barely five minutes into the game...
...gasp-inspiring photos for the public. The choice: The so-called Tadpole Galaxy. Earth-based telescopes had captured what appeared to be a galaxy some 420 million light years away that had crossed paths with a dense dwarf galaxy, resulting in a long tail of stars and galactic debris spun off by tidal forces. NASA knew Hubble should be able to show individual stars inside the galaxy, quite a feat at such a distance, about 200 times that of the nearest galaxy to our own Milky Way. It was a conservative choice, though. Visually interesting, scientifically significant, but hardly ground...