When I was in Riyadh, Houthi missiles would fall from time to time; now I am in Bangkok where a new war threatens.
Following a peace conference between Thailand and Cambodia held in neutral Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and Cambodia accuse each other of โฆ
German Fanta has 3% fruit juice, real sugar and natural colors. American Fanta has no fruit juice, corn syrup sweetener and Red#89. According to European legislation, American Fanta can be sold in the EU but must carry a warning label.
Adm.Doenitz' order to machine-gun survivors of U-Boat attacks rather than take them as prisoners was the basis for his Nuremberg war crimes conviction.
It’s not uncommon to be at a business dinner, a wedding guest table or another venue where you barely know or do not know the people you’re sitting with. Breaking the ice with, “How about those Cubbies?” doesn’t work if โฆ
None of that mattered. I had to do everything. Only in the mountains could the prayer be heard. I would need the fetus of a llama to build the mesa, the altar of sacrifice. We took a bus to go deeper into the mountains, deep where the roads were โฆ
Karma is a universal force that balances accounts. The need for such balancing crosses all cultures. In the West, we call it Justice and build courthouses, temples where accounts are balanced; where justice is dispensed. For a long rime I worked in โฆ
I have been thinking a lot about “what if”' scenarios. I also have been thinking about how precarious things are at the moment. The last time I felt this way was August, 2001. I had just started a new job in Riyadh. All my financial โฆ
Ludwig Wittgenstein, the author of Philosophical Investigations and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, a don at Cambridge, and one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, was a Catholic Austrian Jew who fought as an officer for the โฆ
Most firms only count collected hours, not mere billed hours. A certain percentage of your clients will try to stiff you.. This happens at all levels: it’s not just new clients, not just small clients. โฆ
D.C. Bar Rule 1.8(c) says,
" (c) Prior to the conclusion of representation of a client, a lawyer shall not make or negotiate an agreement giving the lawyer literary or media rights to a portrayal or account based in substantial part on โฆ
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An article in The American Scholar recounts the genesis of Jack Kerouacโs novel, On the Road. (https://theamericanscholar.org/scrolling-through/)
Tsk, tsk: the author fails to mention the long-lostโbut recently foundโJoan โฆ
Returning to Bahrain. The street they call the American Alley, near the US Naval Base, a place of interest to the Islamic Republic of Iran, just a short way across the Persian Gulf. Spies from a hundred countries try to capture overheard โฆ
I just watched a documentary about Jusse Smollet, the gay black actor who claimed to be a victim of a hate crime, a simulated lynching at 0200 in downtown Chicago several years ago. Smollet became a joke, a rehearsal for George Santos who was such an โฆ
Bannon says โrun anywayโ: the Supremes will interpret the 22nd Amendment to add the word โconsecutiveโ and youโre golden.
Lawyers say, โrun as V-P with a deal with Vance to resign.โ You get a third term automatically since you wonโt have been โฆ
How Trump Gets a Third Term
Have an actor dress up as a police officer or detective (if male, a fedora is required) and visit the HR department of your target employer. Don’t know who’s in charge? The “officers” can merely ask the receptionist. A toy โฆ
For eight hundred bucks you can purchase a 21 foot container. Have it delivered to the loading dock of your target employer. The “paperwork” accompanying the container contains a USB with your video, personal data sheet, cv and other โฆ
I just learned that LinkedIn’s filters only work in the English language.
I can’t write, “shame on you,” but I can write, “quรฉ vergรผenza.”
I can’t write “suicide” but “selbstmorden” โฆ
The recent filmย Rosario has as one of its themes the Afro-Cuban religion known as palo mayombรฉ, or palo for short. There was a time when I handled cases in Detroit; one of them involved a practitioner of palo. Every Miamian knows of santerรญa and its โฆ
Six people in Palm Beach County Florida (Civil juries in Florida are comprised of only six people.) awarded 85 year-old golfer Jack Nicklaus FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS in compensation on the grounds he โฆ
