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...Wildly Wrong? Emotional reaction along these lines was sharply opposed to the reaction of the U.S. Government, which knew a year and a half ago most of the facts that the public learned last week about the H-bomb. The Government, working with these facts, did not recoil in horror and abandon the new weapon. Instead, it built upon its H-bomb knowledge the Dulles policy of possible "massive retaliation" against further Communist acts of aggression...
...says one of a bunny. And they threaten to turn the violence on themselves. To judge by the comments alone, Cuteoverload.com is a factor in the demise of dozens of netizens. Heads explode at the mere exposure to lethal levels of cuddliness. Or, as one contributor wrote about his reaction to a school of ducklings following their mom: "I barfed a rainbow...
...lots of other people. Because the Internet allows moviegoers to learn about movies before they're in production, a vocal group of connoisseurs--nerds, if you will--were able to keep tabs on Snakes on a Plane. Most saw the title and had the same reaction as Jackson. This, they thought, is the kind of exuberant, self-aware tastelessness that can unite everyone at the summer box office. Not only did they demand that the title stay, they wanted violence, profane monologues from Jackson--the Olivier of the F bomb--and graphic snakebites. And they made sure the filmmakers knew...
...Nile's waters. Much to its neighbors' disgust, Egypt held them to the pact even after they gained independence from Britain. As recently as the 1970s, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat warned that "any action that would endanger the waters of the Blue Nile will be faced with a firm reaction on the part of Egypt, even if that action should lead to war." It's easy to understand Egypt's motives: the Nile is a lifeline for the country's 74 million people, over 90% of whom live along a thin strip of fertile land that hugs the river...
...crowd behind them, which is at least a couple of thousand strong. "We've not been protesting for 17 days for a prime minister," Chaulagain says. "We've been protesting for democracy. Until we get democracy, we'll be out here." The police at first watch without a reaction; then, an hour later, they charge at Chaulagain and his fellow protestors with sticks and glass shields, driving the crowd to stampede back in a frenzy...