Word: blackouts
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...someone you know—double shot if it’s you 10.) You see a red Longchamp or WIB canvas bag—double if you hear the word, “WIB-ternship” 11.). You hear the phrase “I was soooo blackout last night” 12.) Somebody references a crazy acronym like OCEAAAAAN 13.) Someone references their thesis (double shot if they use the specific number of pages they’ve written / need to write) 14.) Someone uses the word “e-recruiting...
...Harrier attack aircraft and Sea King helicopters. Some 2,000 Royal Marines, the nucleus of an assault group, were also aboard the ships. Once out on the Atlantic, the carriers were joined by destroyers, frigates and support vessels until the fleet numbered close to 30. Running at night under blackout conditions, the largest British military armada since World War II began its long, slow voyage toward the South Atlantic. Far ahead of surface ships, nuclear-powered attack submarines already prowled the waters around the fleet's destination, the barren and windswept Falkland Islands...
...determine their preferences and needs. "I would say 80% of our guests take advantage of this service," she says. Orlanska helps them choose from 11 types of pillows, including hypoallergenic and water-filled models, a jelly neck roll and a 5-ft. (1.5 m) body cushion. The rooms have blackout curtains and soundproof windows. "We also can arrange for spa treatments, comfort foods like peanut butter and jelly or milk and cookies before bed and white-noise machines," she says...
...photo is usually of Palestinian militants on the rubble of a bombed-out apartment building or at the funeral of a comrade, waving Kalashnikov rifles and howling defiantly against Israel. Those images have lately been replaced by ones of shivering, waiflike children holding a candlelight protest against Israel's blackout of large parts of Gaza. The kids are a reminder that not all of Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinians are gunmen, and that Israel's prolonged economic blockade of the territory is taking a heavy toll on civilians. The Israelis, of course, say they're acting to protect their...
...Saturday, Musharraf declared Pakistan in a state of emergency, citing growing threats from terrorism and activism. The blackout of 35 private television stations, which occurred even before Musharraf had announced the institution of emergency rule, was the first in a series of government-imposed changes that have incited chaos and disruption...