Aug. 28th, 2007

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Короче одна баба короче покрасила короче дом в коричневый цвет, но под воздействием солнечных лучей он за два года очень постепенно превратился в ярко-фиолетовый. В статье убедительно описан процесс осознания этого факта:

CHICAGO HEIGHTS -- Lau: "It was like a taupe and I was very happy with it. It went well with the red brick and the black shutters. It looked nice."
Lau says the original can of Glidden paint applied as the appropriate color, but it didn't stay that way for long.
Lau: "We just thought it was the sun, you know and the reflection from the ground, or the asphalt or whatever."
Then came the realization.
Lau: "I mean there comes a point where you're driving down the street and you know it's not a reflection from the ground. It's purple."

Кажется, я понимаю, о чём она говорит.
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Короче одна баба короче покрасила короче дом в коричневый цвет, но под воздействием солнечных лучей он за два года очень постепенно превратился в ярко-фиолетовый. В статье убедительно описан процесс осознания этого факта:

CHICAGO HEIGHTS -- Lau: "It was like a taupe and I was very happy with it. It went well with the red brick and the black shutters. It looked nice."
Lau says the original can of Glidden paint applied as the appropriate color, but it didn't stay that way for long.
Lau: "We just thought it was the sun, you know and the reflection from the ground, or the asphalt or whatever."
Then came the realization.
Lau: "I mean there comes a point where you're driving down the street and you know it's not a reflection from the ground. It's purple."

Кажется, я понимаю, о чём она говорит.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A French tax official cheated the government out of 600,000 euros ($820,000) by creating a phantom identity as a university professor and claiming a salary for some 15 years, the government said Monday.

По-моему, он действовал не один.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A French tax official cheated the government out of 600,000 euros ($820,000) by creating a phantom identity as a university professor and claiming a salary for some 15 years, the government said Monday.

По-моему, он действовал не один.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents will release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for nearly six weeks in Afghanistan, South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday.

But a Taliban spokesman declined to comment on the announcement, saying only that negotiations were successful and the governor of the Afghan province where the hostages were seized said talks were still going on.

Надо же, а я думал - с террористами ни в коем случае нельзя вести переговоры.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents will release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have been holding for nearly six weeks in Afghanistan, South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Tuesday.

But a Taliban spokesman declined to comment on the announcement, saying only that negotiations were successful and the governor of the Afghan province where the hostages were seized said talks were still going on.

Надо же, а я думал - с террористами ни в коем случае нельзя вести переговоры.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- "I intend to go to my office on the first day of classes and, if my way is barred, to engage in civil disobedience," Finkelstein, 53, said in a telephone interview. "If arrested, I'll go on a hunger strike. If released, I'll do it all over again. I'll fast in jail for as long as it takes."

Finkelstein, himself Jewish, has described leaders of American-Jewish organizations as "Holocaust-mongers."
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- "I intend to go to my office on the first day of classes and, if my way is barred, to engage in civil disobedience," Finkelstein, 53, said in a telephone interview. "If arrested, I'll go on a hunger strike. If released, I'll do it all over again. I'll fast in jail for as long as it takes."

Finkelstein, himself Jewish, has described leaders of American-Jewish organizations as "Holocaust-mongers."