Word: swirl
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...hectic swirl of diplomatic activity, Reagan also met with such Third World leaders as President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India, and for 30 minutes, following then" speeches on Thursday, with Shevardnadze. At a jammed reception on Wednesday night, the President shook hands with scores of other foreign dignitaries, including Nicaraguan Leader Daniel Ortega Saavedra. "Hello," said Reagan stiffly to the leader he once called "a little man in green fatigues." "Thank you for inviting me," replied Ortega, who the next day denounced the President's remarks about Nicaragua as "full of lies...
...continue to forget how things really work here. The bookstores were closing down just as I arrived. The owners also wanted to be in the piazza for Habemus Papam! And so thanks to them, I would be there too, not watching the press room TV screen, but living the swirl of history that unfolded from that central balcony of St. Peter...
...Saturday, April 16, 10 pm, Vatican City How the Conclave's Duration May Determine its Choice Beyond the question of 'Who? ' is the question of 'When?' Even amid the constant swirl of names of potential papal candidates, we are also trying to figure out how long the conclave might last. The answer to the second question may in fact help to answer the first. For example, a flash conclave that lasts just one or two days (one to five ballots) would most likely mean that one of the clear frontrunners will stride out above St. Peter?s Square...
Crush peppermints using HUDS plateware. Add shards of sugary goodness to yogurt. Swirl. Spoon. Savor...
Buoyed by a swirl of controversy and publicity, 50 Cent sold 1.1 million albums in four days—the formula works every time. But in the effort to avoid having a black person shot or stabbed every time the G-Unit releases an album, perhaps we should look at what fuels this increasingly prominent part...