Word: wowing
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...foot in Ramadi, the Marines knew they were in the middle of an insurgent hotbed. Lance Corporal Jose (Syco) Tasayco was on the unit's earliest patrol outside the wire in March. "The first day was an eye opener. We got contact, that first patrol. It was like, wow, we couldn't believe it, but we got outta there good. Nobody got hit," he says. The Marines are based in the battle-scarred Government Center in the middle of Ramadi, a magnet for al-Qaeda attacks--one of the few ways the Marines can find their enemy. The precarious outpost...
...Orleans, 93% of people arrested from 2003 to 2004 never went to prison. "It was a real eye-opening experience," says Sergeant Harris. "People born and raised in Houston seem to have an understanding of consequences, of punishment. You can show them the options, and they start thinking, Wow, maybe I should start cooperating." With New Orleans evacuees, Sergeant Harris says, "there is no baseline. They have no concept of consequence...
...When asked about her possible interest in “Miami Vice,”—the big-budget Hollywood adaptation of the iconic ’80s television series, starring Colin Farrel and Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx—she replies: “Wow, I just have no idea about any of it.”Katherine E. Conden ’06 doesn’t even plan on finding out what’s new in Hollywood cinema this summer, “I usually just go to Kendall Square to see movies...
...This week’s premier Senior Bar event is the “Roller Disco” at Chez Vouz. We were pretty excited about going, but then we woke up from our dream and realized that Nick Cannon will not be renting out the skates, and Bow Wow and T.I. will not be having a Roll Bounce vs. ATL dance-off. Instead, a bunch of window shoppers on wheels will be careening around recklessly singing “Lady Marmalade”—“Vou-CHEZ VOUZ coucher avec CHACH, ce soir...
...Borloo has boosted new construction rates in all sectors across France from around 50,000 units completed annually over the past decade to over 80,000 now. "When people see monstrosities like these coming down in a really big urban reform, requiring lots of funding and commitment, they say, 'Wow, this is serious,'" Genestier says, pointing to one of central Epinay's monolithic towers. "In Epinay, things are serious." That's true in plenty of other places in France where reform has taken hold. A good job, too; France needs to be serious about changing its old habits of social...