Word: wolfed
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Surrounded by the strobe lights, one of the night’s biggest draws was Scott Wolf, a star on the Fox television show “Party of Five,” who dropped in on the party of 225 to show his support for their cause...
...Wolf has been involved with the foundation since his college days at George Washington. He regularly makes appearances at events benefitting the cause and said he enjoys the marathons and finds them “inspiring...
...commanders in a deliberate effort to undermine Karzai. That's why the Americans thought there were "bad guys" in the region. But nobody supposes that Karzai can demand the application of American force against his rivals whenever he feels like it. "We keep telling [the government], 'Don't cry wolf,'" says a European official in Kabul. "They can't just click their fingers and call down U.S. firepower." Franks underlines the point. "We support the interim government in Afghanistan," he told TIME, "but we are not picking sides between groups on the ground...
...districts are constantly demanding more troops," says a senior Nepalese military official. "We get all these reports: 100 Maoists seen here, 100 seen there. And some member of Parliament is always demanding more protection. It's hard to know who to listen to and who's crying wolf...
...This time Khadka was not crying wolf. Just after midnight on Feb. 17, an army of at least 2,000 of Nepal's Maoist guerrillas?up to half of the core group of armed rebels?fell on Mangalsen from the surrounding Himalayan hills. Their rockets cut through the walls of government offices and police stations, while mortars whistled overhead. After forcing residents into the open, the guerrillas blew buildings apart. They ransacked the bank, making off with $263,000, and freed 16 comrades from the Mangalsen jail while more troops overran Sanfebagar airport 20 km away...