Word: swamp
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...while keeping up a lively commentary for the cameras of his multimillion-dollar documentary operation. Scratched, bitten and bruised, he would display his wounds like trophies, casually using gaffer tape to bind up a severe bite from a large saltwater crocodile that he had been wrestling in a mangrove swamp. And the Crocodile Hunter understood how his risk-taking made him a cult hero to millions in the 130 countries where his films aired: his fans aped his trademark cry of "Crikey, he nearly got me!" and flocked to his Australia Zoo in Queensland on Australia's east coast...
...They suck up all the dirt and debris and keep it from traveling inland. But right now, the sponge is disgusting and dirty. And you have to clean a filthy sponge before you can use it again. The plan is to get all the hazardous materials out of the swamp by Christmas, take out all the white appliances like refrigerators, and then remove the electronics like televisions and computers. Afterwards the refuge officials will burn off the wood and dead grasses. "Fire is our plow," LaBauve says. "I figure if they can rebuild Iraq, they can damn sure rebuild this...
Here's one thing we know: a serious hurricane is due to strike New York City, just as one did in 1821 and 1938. Experts predict that such a storm would swamp lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City, N.J., force the evacuation of more than 3 million people and cost more than twice as much as Katrina. An insurance-industry risk assessment ranked New York City as No. 2 on a list of the worst places for a hurricane to strike; Miami came in first. But in a June survey measuring the readiness of 4,200 insured homeowners living...
...more serious. Physical anomalies such as evidence of a stroke or tumor can interfere with the scan's accuracy. And the test is administered in a decidedly unnatural way--with the subject lying down inside a giant magnet. Since speaking aloud activates regions of the brain that could swamp lie-detection results, subjects are asked yes-or- no questions and then instructed to push a button to answer. Maybe the brain operates the same way with a push-button fib as with a verbal one--but maybe it doesn't. And because we all do a certain amount of self...
...legal challenges. Among them: drugmaker Novo Nordisk recently claimed patent infringements for Pfizer's upcoming inhaled-insulin drug, Exubera, and Pfizer is being sued over Celebrex, its controversial Cox-2 inhibitor pain medication. Bonus points: Kindler knows his way around Washington, which should help Pfizer navigate the regulatory swamp. He has some operations cred too. At McDonald's, he led the turnaround of Boston Market...