Word: watchful
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...other hand, the clunker program was overly complicated, a nightmare to manage for dealers and difficult to understand for consumers. I would give the pure sales impact of the program an A and the administration of the program a D. (Watch TIME's video: "The Secrets to Cash for Clunkers' Success...
...Watch "Poker Comes to China...
...auction, around $100,000. Anything to keep the house. My neighborhood's got too many foreclosed homes as it is." She points to one that lenders have yet to sell - but which she and her neighbors fear has become a nighttime lair for drug-addict squatters. (Watch a video on people facing foreclosure in Tampa...
...case of devastating déjà vu. Almost exactly two years ago, more than 70 Greeks died in a wave of deadly blazes that seemed to sprout almost simultaneously around the country. The government pledged then to improve the country's overstretched fire services. But as they watch live coverage of panicked residents fleeing their homes once again, many Greeks are asking what, if any, lessons were learned from the tragedy in 2007. (Read TIME's 2007 article "Athens Is Burning...
...back in Grammatikos, few are convinced. On Sunday afternoon, Christos Chrysinas, a local farmer, angrily confronted the police and firefighters who were keeping watch near where the fire began. About 200 of his olive trees were destroyed, and he nearly lost his house. But what angered him the most was the damage to the once beautiful forests and hills. (See pictures of Greece in flames...