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...example, the Russian energy giant Gazprom signed a contract with Paris-based GDF Suez to give the French company a 9% stake in the Nord Stream natural-gas pipeline and up to 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas by 2015. Nord Stream had previously been exclusively a Russo-German affair - one of many deals that other European countries and companies had signed with Russia in recent years, leaving France out in the cold. (See "For Europe and Russia, Breaking Up Is Hard...
Petach led the way in the 20k free skate, after freshman Anthony Ryerson had the team’s top finish in the classic race—his best finish of the year. The nordic team had the potential to be a family affair, but the younger Sprague, freshman Kevin, broke his pole midway through the free race before rallying to finish just behind Petach...
...known: the food experience at Asmara—in particular, the food itself—is phenomenal. For the uninitiated, Eritrean cuisine is an arcane affair of ginger, coriander, and other spices, making liberal use of aromatics to create savory blends of legumes, leafy veggies, and stewed meats; the stews are served directly on a large injera, a crêpe-like fermented bread that replaces plates, forks, and knives as the Eritrean eating utensil of choice...
...lead in gasoline was dangerous to the rest of us - they did that. The first work proving that if you intake radium your bones are radioactive for many years after you're dead - they did that. They created the science that we all take for granted. Our whole love affair with CSI and Bones and all of those shows is built on this period when there wasn't even a forensic laboratory...
...comments was undermined as her account of the number and source of the alleged calls changed in successive interviews, and four patrons of the charity, including Widdecombe, resigned. Mandelson, returning to the fray, suggested that Labour's opponents might have directed journalists to the organization. "This whole affair is starting to acquire a slight odor. It now looks like more of a political operation that's under way, directed at the Prime Minister personally," he said...