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...middle distance. At the fairground platform, Oliver J. Swindleton fiddled with his stolen cravat and practiced his Italian accent.“Eh...veridamente molto bene. A-pleased-ah to meet you signora! Mozzarella...vino...andante!”Squeaking slightly, the miniature engine pulled into the station. The coupling rod of the middle wheel slowly and rhythmically turned and straightened. Ollie immediately recognized Felicity’s elegant head as she sat in one of the little passenger cars. He glanced at her again—not because she was very beautiful, not because of the modest grace that...
When word got out that a filling station in the Atlanta suburb of Buckhead had received a fresh supply of regular unleaded, the line began forming well before dawn. Thanks to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which crippled Gulf Coast refineries, drivers in the Southeast are creeping around town with their gas gauges on empty, searching for a pump that isn't dry. And while oil companies said supply would improve by Columbus Day, the long lines aren't the only thing giving us dj vu. We've got an unpopular President in the White House, trouble with Iran...
...drank a bottle of Dom Prignon, and Flo picked up the $6,000 tab. He called it "a Disney World dinner," since Flo seems to think going to Disney World costs $6,000. Then we went outside and made lots of calls to one another about which gas station we were going to stop at on the way to Diamonds Cabaret, a gentlemen's club, where we would tip the entertainers 5,000 $1 bills that we had brought in a leather satchel. I got in the Bentley while Flo lay down in the backseat and began...
...dreamy” and a “shady character.” The blog called his campaign violation a “scandal,” made fun of his Facebook group’s promises, and linked to a video of him appearing on his local television station...
...Israeli military sources say that Barak requested the radar from U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in July, after U.S. requests to station such a system in Turkey and Jordan were rejected. Barak was eager to acquire the advantage of the early warning that the system would provide in the event of a possible Iranian attack. But with the Russians already peeved at Israel for having had military advisers inside Georgia when war broke out over South Ossetia, the radar's deployment in Israel, say officials, might make Moscow even more likely to supply Iran and Syria with its highly...