Word: wall
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Over 150 students marched and tore down a mock brick wall outside Massachusetts Hall yesterday to protest what they said were “fundamental gaps” in the University’s recent online statement of commitment to increase access to new health technologies in developing countries...
...closing, the group ran, cheering, into a strip of butcher paper painted to resemble a brick wall, representing the barriers to pharmaceutical access in developing countries that the rally hoped to break...
...movie, and Chuck’s “Macarena”-playing iPod is labeled a dangerous and cruel weapon. Chuck’s mechanized companion, Rover, is a source of endearing robot humor that resonates with all audiences, despite being shamelessly borrowed from “WALL-E.” Although veering on occasion towards crudity (“That’s an odd place for his antenna,” says one character after glimpsing Chuck in the nude), the movie’s humor keeps the film from becoming mired in political commentary...
...death. On Aug. 15, 1975, soldiers rushed into the house at dawn, shooting indiscriminately, killing Mujib - as he is known - and 19 others. Traces of the blood that splattered the staircase where he fell are preserved beneath panes of glass, as are bullet holes on the opposite wall. But while Bangladeshis have gathered here often over the years to mourn Mujib's passing, it has taken more than 30 years for some of his assassins to finally face justice...
Such arrangements are anathema to the key Western powers, of course. But the key leaders in Tehran don't appear to feel a wall at their backs on the nuclear issue. Mottaki's insistence that Iran accepts the "framework" of the deal and Ahmadinjead's declaration last weekend that the Islamic Republic is committed to "nuclear cooperation" with the international community suggests that they know they'll have to show flexibility and deal, but they may still believe they can strike a more favorable agreement - or withstand the level of pressure the U.S. and its allies can muster...