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...dissing competitions, in which children threw insults at each other to make others laugh. "Your grandmother is so fat that God won't let her into heaven," one boy would shout at another as the crown laughed ... In the beginning I'd fall silent when it was my turn. But I started improving ... As well as the insults we had to rap for the older boys-tell stories in chanting rhythms to entertain them-and I found that I enjoyed entertaining people...
...peacock, the next day a feather duster.' PAT QUINN, Illinois governor, on his turn in the spotlight after Illinois legislators voted to oust predecessor Rod Blagojevich...
...most cherished accomplishment is helping to edit the Encyclopaedia Africana. Every people in the world had an encyclopedia but black people. There's an Encyclopaedia Judaica, Encyclopaedia Britannica and finally, at the turn of the 21st century, we have one as well...
...wasn't meant to turn out this way. The new Russia was supposed to replace poverty, money worries and grumbling mothers with places like Rusfinance, a Moscow call center that transports you from the gritty streets and auto-parts stores into an indoor world of cheery beige furnishings, swirling red-and-gold patterns on the walls and easy credit. Here, 450 people--mainly women in their 20s--sit side by side in booths and field calls from Russians asking to borrow money. Most of the time, the answer is a resounding yes. Owned by the French bank Soci?...
...austerity scolds have found surprisingly few specific outrages. Republicans released a list that mocked $75 million for "smoking-cessation activities," which are actually a terrific way to hold down the long-term health costs that threaten the Treasury's long-term solvency, as well as $6 billion "to turn federal buildings into 'green' buildings," with the telling scare quotes deriding the idea of creating short-term jobs for retrofitters while reducing long-term federal energy costs and emissions. There has been a sensible push to add even more money for mass transit, which reduces energy use, increases the competitiveness...