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...Saturday. Many of the party's brightest lights seemed to be competing in the increasingly bitter battle for the position of first secretary, with an eye to launching a presidential bid of their own against Sarkozy in four years. And those who weren't were keeping busy dishing out venom at those who were...
...maiden. He saw Felicity and paused, his eyes filled with a sweetness that Felicity had never seen.“I hope you are enjoying your tryst with that nitwit of a biddy with her skirts hiked up about her waist,” said Felicity, but her venom had not the slightest effect on her husband’s serene countenance. He sighed softly, and smiled.“You look lovely, Felicity,” Frederick said, and now it was Felicity’s turn to lose her bearings. Her heart leapt a little in her chest...
...urge to judge a man whose work captures the erosive effects of totalitarianism on the human soul and whom many consider(ed) a moral authority. But given the questionable evidence behind the suggestion, a lot of the reactive commentary has been amounted to a misguided barrage of condemnation and venom. It is a tragedy that so many have rushed to hasty conclusions and completely ignored the arguments suggesting that Kundera could well be guiltless...
...Julius Malema, the vociferous new president of the ANC Youth League, railed against Mbeki, calling him a "dictator," and predicting that he would be removed over the weekend. But for all the venom of his supporters, Zuma himself was not among those calling for Mbeki's head. Instead, he had called for Mbeki to serve out the remainder of his term, in order to ensure a smooth political transition. Zuma told his party that it would be a waste of energy to "beat a dead snake," and instead appealed to them to focus on healing internal divisions. Malema's response...
...advice for coping with the sting. Rinse the lesion with cool seawater, they say, and once dry, apply a medicated cream to lessen the pain. Physicians warn against common but counter-productive remedies such as dousing the sting with drinking water, rubbing it with sand, trying to suck the venom from it and - especially - urinating on it. These "therapies," doctors say, are all certain to aggravate the sting's burning sensation, and the last one ... well, it's not only useless and disgusting, it adds insult to jellyfish injury...