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...Pulling out his 30-day expulsion order, written in Greek, he mulls over his options. He wants to leave Greece for the Netherlands as quickly as possible, but he doesn't know how: plane, train, boat. "I don't know, but it will have to be illegal," he says, his eyes dropping grimly as he folds the order and wedges it back in the front pocket of the bleached gray jeans he has worn all the way from Kandahar...
...novelist has also given to other universities, including $1 million to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City to open a “Crime Scene Academy,” which will train students and law enforcement officials in forensics. Established in 1928, the Straus Center is the oldest facility of its kind in the United States, Manoogian said. Past projects at the center have included the study of the sculptural characteristics of Mondrian paintings with ex-radiology, Lie said...
...dragged by their ears to see this movie may be surprised; besides the romance, there's a trio of bad vamps who wreak havoc, and a fast-moving game of vampire baseball. "The teenage girls are the early adapters, but that doesn't mean the train will stop," says Hardwicke. "Besides, young guys are smart enough to go where there are a lot of hot young girls." After all, a love affair with a fictional vampire will have to end someday...
...channels - Top Gear regularly pulls in more than 7 million viewers, roughly a quarter of all Britons watching TV during the program's Sunday-night slot. Chalk that up to the show's high speed and high production values: crazy challenges and outlandish races - an Aston Martin versus a train between England and Monte Carlo, for instance (the Aston won) - are, like the rest of the show, beautifully shot and edited. Add in the bickering, bantering, male-but-not-macho presenters, and Top Gear has "touched something in the zeitgeist," says Steve Hewlett, a former British TV exec turned media...
...program has been a welcome change for Tatsumi Nakayama, who works at the elderly care home Michinoku-so in Aomori, a 4-hour train ride from Tokyo. Unlike companies in more urban areas, Michinoku-so hasn't yet had difficulty keeping a full staff, but they know that they could. "Applicants for our jobs are decreasing every year. What would happen after five years? It's very bleak," says Nakayama, a 25-year veteran of the industry. That's why the company decided to hire two Indonesia caregivers through the new national program. "I believe there are many things...