Word: woodenness
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...media that "my main dream in life was to break out of poverty." What he often fails to mention in his Horatio Alger-style tale is that as a teenager he spent almost four years in jail for robbery and assault, though the charges were later reversed. Genial but wooden tongued and more fluent in Russian than in Ukrainian, Yanukovych is reminiscent of a Soviet-era party boss, an image aided by his 6-ft.- 6-in., 240-lb. frame. That style goes down well in his conservative home base in the Donbass, Ukraine's industrial powerhouse, where the Russian...
...remember Engagement, Jeunet took a beautifully crafted wooden hand that was used by one of the actors. It is a welcome addition to past keepsakes, which include the pig lamp from Amélie and an alien prop from Alien: Resurrection. He speculates that the alien may be useful in frightening thieves...
...mask mounted on a wooden screen hangs over the desk of the associate managing editor. Its eyebrows are steeply arched over wrinkled, squinting eyes. The smile is not subtle or confined to the corners but wide open, and the lower jaw is loose and can be manipulated. The mask, a token of thanks from a group of Korean tourists after receiving a tour of the building earlier this year, laughs. If that mask is having such a good time, anyone should be able...
Over the past two weeks, the EAC and its supporters spread posters, leaflets and miniature windmills throughout the campus. A wooden model of a wind turbine still spins in front of the Science Center...
...school his children - the government has promised to make primary education free from 2006 - is proving to be difficult. Much of the fish he and his brothers take to market near their home in east Honiara's Vaivila remains unsold or fetches a poor price; plans to replace their wooden boats with fiberglass ones or expand the business into wholesaling are on ice. Loea used to work as a supervisor at the Gold Ridge gold mine, which closed down in 2000. One of ramsi's economic priorities is to revive the lucrative mine; another dormant project, a palm oil plantation...