Noted & quoted.'When an earthquake is about to occur, snakes will move out of their nests, even in the cord of winter.' * A CHINESE OFFICIAL, on using snakes' behavior to predict earthquakes. They can reportedly sense a quake coming five days in advance and respond by acting strangely. [Reuters] 'If we do not act aggressively against the narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. threat now, all gains made to date will be washed out to sea,' * A FORMER U.S. STATE A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL, on lagging U.S. efforts to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp Afghanistan's flourishing opium trade. [Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). ] 'What's happening is ... they're walking into speeding buses and moving automobiles.' * N.Y. STATE SENATOR Carl Kruger, who has proposed legislation that would ban the use of electronic gadgets like Blackberries and iPods when crossing the street. (Reuters] |
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