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Suddenly there was what sounded like an enormous explosion: a clap of thunder. Monks and people cheer and applaud. A sign of cosmic solidarity...
...monk raised his hands to the heavens and shouted, "The rain is coming! The soldiers will be struck by lightning!" But, a woman retorted, "Lightning is not enough. They deserve more." A cheer goes up with each subsequent clap of thunder...
...unusual that an actor in his professional prime should suffer such a dramatic meltdown. Wilson dropped out of Tropic Thunder, a Dreamworks comedy he was set to start shooting in a few weeks with buddy and eight-time co-star Ben Stiller. And it's unlikely he'll participate in any publicity for The Darjeeling Limited, his new film with Anderson, which opens the New York Film Festival in September...
...Giuliani is running for President, and he has apparently made a tactical decision to thunder loudly about terrorism, perhaps to deflect from his personal life and his liberal record on social issues - which an internal campaign memo termed potentially "insurmountable" last year. (The memo was leaked to the New York Daily News.) The more he can remind people of his performance on 9/11, the better off he is, says G.O.P. pollster Luntz. "You cannot underestimate the impact of having seen him on television hour after hour dealing with the tragedy," he says. "That gives him a level of credibility that...
Before he took over as British Prime Minister last month, Gordon Brown's speeches often included a familiar refrain. Britain's economy, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer would thunder, boasted sustainable growth - averaging almost 2.9% over the past decade, modest interest rates and low inflation. "Of all the major economies - America, France, Germany, Japan," Brown boasted late last year, "Britain has enjoyed the longest postwar period of continuous growth...