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...Spader has built a career on making creepy soullessness intriguing. Ellsberg compares the quagmire to quicksand: it's the stalest cliche imaginable, yet Spader sells it with his bitter, weary delivery. Later, after a fact-finding trip to the front line, he says he learned "we couldn't win unless ..." He trails off, and in that moment you see his brashness silently shatter. There is no "unless...
...accounts and other financial affairs in order. You may not be worried about being shipped overseas at a moment's notice, but the sort of prep work that smart reservists and other military personnel do is just as valuable for anyone who might spend time away from home. And unless you never take a vacation or business trip, that means you. I live less than 10 miles from a nuclear-power plant. In today's world, that's enough to make me keep the following...
...enough rupees to move his family?his patient wife, Goma, and their two children?from their cramped apartment into a house of their own. This, Ramchandra repeats to himself, will prove his worth to his disdainful but wealthy in-laws, who see him as "a man who was worthless unless he continually moved toward better jobs and bigger houses." He has a mind that clinks like a cash register, cursing every lost rupee. It's through his tutoring that Ramchandra meets Malati, a poor student with a bastard child, who sends her teacher's dull world spinning off its axis...
...what's a money-conscious driver to do? Beyond the obvious answer (don't use the car unless you absolutely have to), there are actually plenty of other steps you can take to make your car more fuel-efficient - and to keep your gas station bills from driving you crazy. Among those recommended by the AAA and other auto experts...
...fondly as "warmth," try not to fill your tank at the hottest point in the day. Cooler temperatures keep the gas at its densest state, which means you essentially get "more" gas for your money. Follow gas-grade instructions. Most cars today run perfectly well on regular unleaded gas. Unless your owner's manual specifically demands an upgrade for your car, go with the least expensive grade of gas. It won't make any difference to the car in the long...