Word: woodenly
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Behind the scenes, the place was buzzing. Aides and emissaries shuttled through the heavy wooden doors leading into Sistani's office, trying to determine whether the reclusive cleric, 75--the religious figure most revered by Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim majority--will bend in his opposition to the U.S. plan to hand over power by June 30 to a transitional Iraqi government chosen by an as-yet-undefined caucus system. Sistani says he will urge his followers to reject any new government unless it is directly elected. To those who met with him last week, Sistani seemed good-humored...
...Thais in the hope of speeding their favorite beasts of burden to a happy reincarnation. At Wat Khunsamutjeen in nearby Samut Prakan province, monks chant to the sound of lapping surf. Erosion and rising sea levels have turned the temple into an island. Worshippers negotiate a wave-lashed, rickety wooden walkway, take a boat from the mainland, or simply swim. Back in Bangkok, check out Wat Phasee if you like your history gory. In the capital's early days, subjects who displeased the King were beheaded there. You won't see any skulls, but some of the monks swear they...
...December 1999, Chen was assaulted with a wooden pole and suffered a slight laceration on his right cheek during a robbery...
...Condit's departure is a clear sign that the company has veered off course in its evolution from the focused manufacturer that Bill Boeing started in his red wooden factory 87 years ago. This year, for the first time ever, Boeing is expected to deliver fewer commercial airplanes than its aggressive European rival, Airbus (285 to Airbus' 300). At the same time, the company is suffering back-to-back ethical scandals in its work for the government. First came allegations that Boeing improperly got hold of thousands of pages of documents from rival Lockheed Martin in a competition...
...China. He is all too familiar with the plight of small children orphaned by the disease. On a recent visit to a village in Henan, he watched an 8-year-old boy taking his father out for a walk. The boy was pushing his father along in a creaky wooden cart. The man was dying of AIDS and had been confined to his bed for weeks, too weak to walk. His son suggested the cart, hoping that a little fresh air would energize his ailing parent. A few weeks later, the father was dead...