Word: ursula
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...European Union (EU) likewise remained quiet until masked men carrying grenade launchers and assault rifles, burning Norwegian and Danish flags, threatened the Brussels office on January 30th. Only then did the EU speak out; EU Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik expressed the EU’s “solidarity with our northern colleagues and the freedom of expression…and the freedom of religious beliefs” and said that it “strongly rejects” Muslim threats...
Martin isn't the best known of America's straight-up fantasy writers. That honor would probably go to upstart Christopher Paolini (Eragon), or Robert Jordan (the endlessly turning Wheel of Time series), or better yet to ageless grandmistress Ursula K. LeGuin (A Wizard of Earthsea). But of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact, with his newest book, A Feast for Crows (Bantam; 784 pages), currently descending on bookstores and ascending best-seller lists, this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien...
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Val Castronovo, Mary McC. Fernandez, Georgia Harbison, Ratu Kamlani, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Susanne Washburn, Linda Young REPORTERS: Elizabeth L. Bland, Hannah Bloch, Barbara Burke, Tresa Chambers, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Kevin Fedarko, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Daniel S. Levy, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Andrea Sachs, Alain L. Sanders, David Seideman, David E. Thigpen COPY DESK: Judith Anne Paul, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Barbara Dudley Davis, Evelyn...
...Oona’s, inexpensive feather masks are a popular last-minute choice, as are cat and bunny outfits.More economically-minded students, however, seem to be recycling last year’s costumes by adding some extra flair. Tina M. Valverde ’06 is dressing up as Ursula from The Little Mermaid by combing out the hair from the wig she wore last year.Candace “Cece” Keefe ’07 and her blockmates will not be purchasing anything for their Halloween costumes this year. Inspired by the recent release of the film...
...shared objective" of "accession." Vienna wanted language that could have allowed talks to end in something less than full membership for Turkey, "a privileged partnership," for instance. But after holding that line through a marathon meeting on Sunday (EU decisions on enlargement require unanimity), Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik finally gave in on Monday to pressure from her 24 EU counterparts and from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...