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...through the region and create 20,000 new jobs in the military, police and state oil companies, do little to appease feelings of neglect. "We have not received money from the federal government since last September. It makes things very difficult," Usen told Time last month. Many see the nddc as mere window dressing. In March, a bomb was thrown into the car park of its Port Harcourt office, and plastic explosives were later smuggled into the building in an apparent attempt to blow...
...Nagin reached into his pocket and pulled out a plastic device with a tiny speaker on one side. "I just found something they're selling for $8.95," the New Orleans mayor told a crowd of supporters. "It's called the Mayor in Your Pocket." He gave the novelty item a couple of squeezes and out came tinny-sounding snippets of vintage post-Katrina Naginese: "You've got to be kidding me! This is a national disaster!" The mayor basked in howls of laughter as the toy squawked. "They're making money off me," he said...
...football season, Scalise says.“Right now it’s a ‘go’” for this summer, he said last week.THE HARVARD BUBBLEWhile the stadium’s stately ivy-covered walls may seem to clash with the white plastic of a winter bubble, the removable structure is likely to be unnoticeable from outside the stadium. The bubble would be fixed to the new turf. According to Scalise, the fittings for the bubble are one of the largest expenses in the $5 million project.“But it?...
...bell peppers, 238,000 light bulbs, 166 brand-new Volkswagen Beetles, 16,250 toasters, $51 million worth of auto parts, everything from the little plastic knob on the air conditioner to your cell-phone charger. It all comes in trucks and boxcars and little panel vans, and that's just the stuff that Customs can keep track of. There is also the vast shadow market--not just the cocaine and heroin and freshly laundered money but also cut-price Claritin and steroids and banned bug killers and boots made from the flippers of endangered sea turtles...
...many shades of pink. There are ruffled pink pillows, a pink bedspread, and pictures of friends in pink floral frames. On top of her bookshelf, above the books for her freshman seminar, “War in American Society,” is a purse-shaped lamp and a plastic tiara. There’s a pink trash can in the corner and a sequin-studded sign reading “Princess” on the wall. She leaves her combat boots outside the door next to her pack, which is stuffed with a sleeping bag, rations, bulletproof Kevlar helmet...