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...Grumpy. He turned slowly, like he was so enthralled with the sermon that my return was some big surprise. I tried to give him a look that would get him to scooch over. But he moved his body an inch then looked back to the pulpit.A thousand eyes were watching me, and all he could do was make enough room for a piece of toast? Not many things could have pumped me from that horrible way I felt but this was one of them. So I stepped from the aisle, tried to sit in that sliver, and then whacked...
...reading room tucked away in the back corner, where you can bring together a study group for discussion. If you’re there by yourself, it’s also lovely to gaze at the Latin and Greek classics as well as more exotic volumes like The Thousand and One Nights...
...frosty wastes of Stalin's Russia, a thousand balalaikas chorus in a dreamy waltz. "Lara's Theme" promises that "Somewhere, my love, there will be songs to sing." Not here, not yet, but for Yuri Zhivago and his elusive darling, the music holds both the ache of separation and the hope of ecstatic reunion. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
...Chrysler alone, nearly 200,000 jobs are at risk. If the bankruptcies ripple out to suppliers in the event that a judge voids some of their receivables, another several thousand jobs could be at stake. Then there are several amorphous estimates about people who work in fields related to the car companies. That could be industries as diverse as restaurants in Detroit and airline that fly there. It is probably safe to say that close to a million jobs are in jeopardy if the two car companies lose their independence. (See pictures of Detroit's decline...
...Cleveland's heavily polluted Cuyahoga River catching fire in the 1960s, smog wreathing Los Angeles's skyline during the next decade and even the stark hole in the ozone over Antarctica. To help galvanize public support - especially around a complex issue - the right picture really can be worth a thousand words...