February 2012
11 posts
“Many states consider over-50 prisoners elderly, saying they age up to 15 years...”
– from Life, With Dementia
“Alvaro Uribe, president in 2002-10, called it “deceitful” in a...”
– from Colombia’s FARC Announces Halt to Kidnapping
“The long, empty days spawned a temporary madness. Desperate for female company,...”
– from John Fairfax, Who Rowed Across Oceans, Dies at 74
“Between May 2005 and July 2010, 122 dogs died in cargo holds of United States...”
– from At an Airline That Caters to Pets, the Humans Are Howling
“A decade later, after one Medicare expansion, two recessions and three rounds of...”
– from Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
“Instead, it brings a jolt of Slavic fatalism to romance: the bachelor has his...”
– from TV in Putin’s Russia: Jesters, Strivers and a Longing for Normalcy
“Greek bankers told me that people had taken about one-third of their money out...”
– from The Way Greeks Live Now
“It is not clear whether the “stabilization and modernization program” that...”
– from Hacking Cases Focus on Memo to a Murdoch
“Cynics have coined the phrase “black collar” to describe the big-city titans and...”
– from In Charged Moment, China’s Political Heir Tries Introducing Himself to U.S.
“Two preserve the voice of Helmuth von Moltke, a venerable German military...”
– from Restored Edison Records Revive Giants of 19th-Century Germany
“VIP Deals, which specializes in leather tablet cases and stun guns, denied it...”
– from For $2 a Star, an Online Retailer Gets 5-Star Product Reviews