Word: twinning
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...July 29, Miliband tackled his biggest fixture yet, joining Prime Minister Brown on a visit to America amid much speculation that U.K.-U.S. relations were set to cool. That night, Miliband's dinner with his opposite number, Condoleezza Rice, included heavy fare such as Iran (Britain favors a twin-track approach of incentives and sanctions), Kosovo, Russia, and his own detailed exposition of what he'd learned in Afghanistan and Pakistan (he sees the stability of both as vital to the fight against terror). Officials describe the meeting as "full and frank," which usually means that portions of the conversation...
...relationship between religion and politics changed abruptly in the turbulent decade that spanned the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. The twin disappointments of Vietnam and Watergate led to widespread disillusionment with traditional institutions, and the cynicism tainted religious authority as well...
Like a fraternal twin on a planet with a slightly slower orbit, the fifth Harry Potter film arrives in theaters July 11, 10 days before J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Potter novel hits the bookstores. Readers will soon discover their young hero's destiny, but for now, in movies, Harry is still trying to figure out the scheme the evil Lord Voldemort has hatched and wondering if a teenage boy is up to thwarting...
...accidents, flooded homes - but out in the hills it also brings abundance. Ranchers won't be burning the spines off cactus this year to provide food for grazing cattle. The deer population, savaged last year as starving does aborted their fawns, likely will see a baby boom marked by twin births, common in green years. "It's amazing," Robert Perez, a state wildlife biologist told the Houston Chronicle. "I've been around the state over the past several weeks, and it's like a new world. Everything's green. There's grass everywhere. And there's so much life...
Interpol estimates that about two-thirds of all the cocaine destined for Europe flows through West Africa. Some of the shipments that law enforcement authorities have been able to track down have been enormous. In May, a Cessna 441 twin-prop aircraft registered in the U.S. offloaded 630 kg of cocaine at an airport in Mauritania, and took off again. The crew then abandoned the aircraft in the desert about 125 km away and fled. Mauritanian police believe the scheme involves European dealers, and have questioned Belgian and French citizens. In early June, police in Belgium said they had cracked...