Word: handing
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...convince her that she's the son's mentally unstable wife, "Julia Ross" is distinguished by topnotch camerawork and George Macready?s over-the-top turn as the middle-aged mama's boy who likes to play with his pocket knife. "So Dark the Night", on the other hand, is a masterful little whodunit about a French detective who faces the biggest puzzle of his career. The denouement of this forgotten gem is so potent that it was later used as the climax to Agatha Christie's last Hercule Poirot novel, "Curtain" (Christie never said whether she'd seen Lewis...
...horror does not even stop with the death of the patient. In fact, infected persons are most contagious just before and just after death, and many cases of Ebola have been documented to come from contact with the dead during burial procedures. The deadly hand of Ebola reaches out even from the grave...
...propose that the College institute a cold-weather orientation program for those of us from snow-challenged parts of the world. First, we would learn how to tell the difference between gloves and mittens. Then, we'd be able to try our hand at scarf wrapping. The final exam would be a trip across the Yard when the first nor'easter hits...
...Arafat certainly needed the current rebellion to strengthen his hand at the negotiating table against proposals on Jerusalem he deemed political suicide. But its continuation precludes a return to the negotiating table, and therefore makes the attainment of his cherished dream of a Palestinian state increasingly unlikely in his lifetime. Even then, the Palestinian leader may have little option but to act as a spokesman for the intifada, for fear of simply sidelining himself...
...helps a bit, but the basic idea remains Paleolithic. There have been times during subzero winter power blackouts when we have pulled a futon next to the fire and slept there, curled up as close as we could get to the heat without igniting the blankets. On the other hand, the wood stove in the kitchen radiates efficient gemutlichkeit--a cloying heat, like the house on a Thanksgiving afternoon that has gone on too long...