Word: neighboring
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...lovingly wise to be pretentious. Suky is a tragic figure, but Bello is very funny. Arkin looks silly in his flashback hairpiece, but he gives Herb the nuance he needs, irascible charm all bound up in entitlement. Keanu Reeves plays Chris, the "half-baked" son of Pippa's neighbor Dot (Shirley Knight), whose lack of guile makes him unexpectedly good company for Pippa as she loses her own social graces...
...largest democracy. Singh's visit comes on the heels of Obama's first visit to Asia - a trip that did not include a stop in India. The leaders are expected to discuss climate change, the war in Afghanistan and both nations' relationship with Pakistan, India's rival and neighbor. (See pictures of India's history...
...train approaches the Olympia exhibition center in London, the redhead realizes her predicament: her neighbor's tweed jacket has snagged on her bustier, which is little more than a web of chains straining to cantilever a substantial bosom. In a Hugh Grant movie, such an incident would trigger a tsunami of awkwardness, but then again, bashful Brits of the kind impersonated by Grant would probably not be beating a path to the opening day of Erotica 2009. The 14th annual sex-themed expo is billed by its organizers as "the best-attended adult lifestyle event in the world," and this...
...entirely fair to characterize Russia as the big, bad imperialist here. Past conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, most recently last January’s quarrel over gas pipelines to the rest of Europe, have been caused by provocations on both sides. However, Russia cannot be allowed to threaten its neighbor simply because Ukraine looks more favorably toward Western Europe than toward Russia...
Luckily for the U.S., China's pre-eminence in Southeast Asia isn't yet a foregone conclusion. Countries like Vietnam, which was colonized by its northern neighbor for a millennium, are wary of China's growing footprint. And in nations like Indonesia, Burma and Cambodia, it wasn't so long ago that the economic dominance of local Chinese communities catalyzed bloody pogroms and discriminatory laws against the ethnic Chinese. Despite the occasional bursts of anti-Chinese violence, businesses in Thailand and Indonesia are still disproportionately controlled by overseas Chinese today. As a consequence, even as Beijing pleads that...