Witch and Wizard

Both politicians have promised to abide by the court's final word.

Seizures of property began in 1945, immediately after World War Two when Soviet-backed communists set about eradicating the middle classes by abolishing private ownership.

Mr. Bradbury was hardly the first writer to represent science and technology as a mixed bag of blessings and abominations. New York Times (Jun 6, 2012)

Some patients are upbeat, doctors said, but others are angry, anxious and depressed.

London's aristocracy had attended en masse to celebrate the end of the first world war.

Last year, it began transferring asylum seekers to detention centers on two remote Pacific islands while their cases are heard.

But recently it has been found that though they have a low metabolic rate, Gila monsters possess high aerobic capacity and surprising endurance. Slate (Apr 26, 2013)

Central bankers hark back to simpler times but critics say many of today's woes are due to complacency in the good times.

In turn, states confronted unprecedented budget crises, with many calling emergency legislative sessions to make quick spending cuts or enact temporary tax hikes.

“The ‘illegal’ word conjures up the wrong associations for people,” Mr. Crichlow said.

He has been held in custody since his arrest in February.

Some tax avoidance schemes are declared illegal by courts.

In November last year, thousands demonstrated here after President Mohammed Morsi issued a series of decrees giving himself new powers.

One person's deviant behaviour is another's mundane activity.

In the late 1960s, most executions in the U.S. stopped after legal challenges to state death penalty laws.

But most of his men are dressed in matching military fatigues emblazoned with the brigade’s black insignia.

The flammable synthetic foam caught fire and within minutes spread toxic fumes throughout the venue.

The crowd gasped, then hushed, waiting to see if Span could get there again.

“Many hallucinations are accompanied by a feeling of astonishment,” Sacks says. Scientific American (Apr 22, 2013)

On Monday they recovered two antique rifles that were family heirlooms.

Likewise, our fruit and veg is often harvested by illegal immigrants living in hideous conditions, but their stories are absent from the packaging.

Most recently, activists reported two separate immolations on Saturday in Tibet, with one monk dying of his injuries.

He imperiously sent the winds away, and lent a helping hand to float the stranded ships once more. Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

Visually stunning transcendental sci-fi movie, in which an isolated astronaut goes insane with loneliness on a space station.

He said sarin, a lethal nerve agent, was probably used. Salon (Apr 23, 2013)

Often described as having mild “mental retardation,” Rosemary became permanently disabled after a lobotomy. Seattle Times (Jan 23, 2013)

Many brought up the meager funding for work on prevention.

Some were just numb, not meeting my eyes, telling the story in a monotone. Scientific American (Apr 14, 2013)

Whole families can be obliterated by air raids that miss their targets.

The plague did break out after the volcanic eruption.  Scientific American (Apr 17, 2013)

In a few recalcitrant places, capital punishment is holding steady or picking up.

Eventually he embraced a life of poverty, renouncing his worldly possessions.

Dr. Lawrence’s resignation came as professors were circulating surveys on his performance.

By scrutinizing enough shaky, blurry pictures and videos closely enough, skeptics are sure to spot little things that seem off. Slate (Apr 16, 2013)

Under those circumstances, the absolute worst thing you can do is to try to "suck up" by acting smarmy.

Noah snarled and grimaced as he sauntered back up the court, clearly in pain, pushing himself through each minute.

But any expected boost from an uplifting display of strength and solidarity was lost through a lackluster performance by the home team.

One fed-up resident finally fights back and confronts workers at a neighboring coal-burning power plant that spews soot into his home.

Migrants have been spurred on by rampant poverty and rising drug gang violence in their home countries.

The endangered gray bats are among seven species affected by a syndrome that targets those that hibernate in caves and abandoned mines.

Terrified prisoners were jammed into a windowless "holding cell", like an oversized kennel.

There were plenty of courses in management and business studies but few teaching theology, philosophy, Ancient Greek or history of art.

Incidents of thugs beating up women at pubs are not unheard of.

Northerners, for their part, focused their ire on the traitorous assassin John Wilkes Booth. Slate (Oct 4, 2011)

Students heard stories of triumph over adversity, such as that of Spencer West, a legless man who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro on his hands. Seattle Times (Mar 28, 2013)

It’s all these things working together in unison.  Forbes (Apr 26, 2013)

Kenyan troops have been at the vanguard of an African peacekeeping mission, backed by the West, to quash Islamist militants in Somalia.

But that thought has vanished, disappearing from disuse somewhere around the third New Year’s Eve toast.

Higher investment is needed not just for roads, ports and railways, but to help the poorest and most vulnerable countries prepare for climate change.

Instead of a conventional environmental threat like smog or acid rain, climate change is more accurately defined as a “wicked problem.” Forbes (Mar 12, 2013)

In both worlds, his wit and good nature made him many friends, even, unexpectedly, among management.