Posts Tagged ‘edge’

In Yemen’s political crisis, children pay the highest price

Monday, January 9th, 2012

ADEN, Yemen — Nazha Mohammed was pale and silent in her mother’s arms, on the edge of listlessness. At 2 months old, she was one of the youngest children inside a high school where several hundred Yemenis have sought refuge from conflict. “There’s no milk for her,” explained her father, Mohammed Yahya. raghavans@washpost.com Read full article > >

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Political Memo: Congress Takes Up a Partisan Battle, Again, Over Spending

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

For the third time this year, Congress is dancing on the edge of a precipice as it is locked in a partisan battle over fiscal measures.

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Land fall leaves caravans on edge

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

A land fall at a south Wales leisure park leaves 15 caravans close to the edge of a cliff, says an owner.

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Steven Pearlstein: Obama can learn from the Occupy Wall Street movement

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

I wish it were true. I wish it were true that Occupy Wall Street could morph into our “American spring,” a left-wing counterweight to the tea party. I wish it were true that this naive and incoherent movement could somehow turn itself into the long-overdue national protest against speculation and manipulation by a financial services industry that misallocated so much capital and talent and continues to keep much of the global economy on the edge of recession. Read full article > >

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China launches first experimental module for future space station

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

BEIJING — China launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station on Thursday, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power over the coming decade. The box car-sized Tiangong-1 module was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert aboard a Long March 2FT1 rocket. Read full article > >

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Giant crabs make Antarctic leap

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Up to a million king crabs are discovered on the edge of Antarctica, probably carried by warm water, raising fears for the local ecosystem.

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Yosemite deaths spur uncertainty

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

On Yosemite National Park’s beautiful Mist Trail, a young man lost his footing near the edge of a waterfall. A female companion frantically grabbed for him, but stumbled.

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How would U.S. cops handle riots?

Friday, August 12th, 2011

For three nights this week riots struck London, Birmingham and other British cities, closing businesses, destroying landmarks and creating fear and panic among residents. An economy already on the edge lost millions of pounds of opportunities. Confidence in government in general and the police specifically was crushed as officers were seen standing by while looters took what they pleased.

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Rooney can edge it, says Ferguson

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Sir Alex Ferguson believes the maturing of Wayne Rooney as a player can give Manchester United the edge over Barcelona in Saturday’s Champions League final.

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From farm to fork, Brazilian company dominates world beef industry

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

LINS, Brazil — In many ways, JBS, the company that owns the big slaughterhouse here on the edge of town, is still run like a family business.

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VIDEO: Branson set to travel to ocean bottom

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Sir Richard Branson is already selling tickets to fly people to the edge of space and now he wants to voyage to the bottom of the deepest oceans.

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Journeying through the Civil War’s hallowed ground

Friday, April 1st, 2011

The air at Ball’s Bluff is soft and warm, just whispering of spring. Sunlight spills through the trees, and a wisp of a breeze rustles the dried leaves that still cling to branches here and there. My husband and I stop at the chain-link fence at the edge of the ridge and look down the tumbling chasm to the waters of the Potomac flowing mutely below.

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Blast strikes pilgrims in Karbala

Monday, January 24th, 2011

At least six people die and 10 are injured in a bomb attack targeting Shia pilgrims on the edge of the Iraqi city of Karbala.

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In Michigan, a City Pleads for a Bankruptcy Option

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Leaders of Hamtramck, a working-class city on the edge of Detroit, keep looking for something to cut from a budget that’s already been cut, over and over.

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One father’s unfaltering vigil

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

As midnight approaches, the father is where he was when the day began, sitting on the edge of his son’s bed, peering into his unfocused eyes and misshapen mouth, rubbing his bare chest and scarred scalp. Checking his diaper. Making sure his boy is okay.

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