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Ex-Lebanon hostage Thomas Sutherland, 85, dies in Colorado

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 24 Jul 2016
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Thomas Sutherland, a teacher was held captive in Lebanon for more than six years until he was freed in 1991 and returned home to become professor emeritus at Colorado State University, has died. Sutherland died in Fort Collins on Friday, according to Colorado State University. He was 85 ... “We were kept in the same cells and sometimes on the same chain ... “He spoke beautiful French. We practiced irregular verbs,” he said....

Ex-Lebanon hostage Thomas Sutherland dies in Colorado

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 24 Jul 2016
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Thomas Sutherland, who was held captive in Lebanon for more than six years until he was freed and returned home to become professor emeritus at Colorado State University, has died ... There he was taken hostage by Islamic terrorists in 1985 and held for more than six years ... "We were kept in the same cells and sometimes on the same chain ... He was a kind and gentle man." ... We practiced irregular verbs," he said ... ....

A fork in the road on autonomous vehicles

Edit Stars and Stripes 24 Jul 2016
If we consider the history of American transportation in terms of an apt metaphor — a highway — we might note several so-called forks in the road where we’ve taken one path rather than another, and, as Robert Frost would say, “that has made all the difference.” ... Or maybe it was ... We could do this in America, as well — or maybe “could have done” is the right verb tense ... John M ...  . ....

The ‘Brazillionaire’ behind some of the world’s grossest fraud

Edit New York Post 24 Jul 2016
Just before the glitzy opening of Mr. Lam in Rio de Janeiro in 2005, leggy publicists escorted reporters through the sleek restaurant modeled after Manhattan’s Mr. Chow. The tony eatery was the brainchild of billionaire Eike Batista ... Although the food is ersatz Chinese at best, Mr ... As Cuadros notes, Maluf became so notorious for taking kickbacks that Brazilians coined a new verb—“malufar” which means to steal from public funds ... AP ... ....

Satisfying, surprising juxtapositions in varied Neos festival performance

Edit Ohio 24 Jul 2016
Neos Dance Theatre kicked off the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival at Firestone Park on Friday with a cool and eclectic evening of dance highlighted by the world premiere of Stephanie Martinez’s In the Grace of Whit, full of unexpectedly beautiful juxtapositions ... Chick A Boom ... It’s also a pleasure to see longtime local dancer Brian Murphy, formerly of the Ohio Ballet and Verb Ballets, performing as a new member of Neos ... ....

Aisha Sultan: The funniest things parents are saying about 'Pokemon Go'

Edit St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Jul 2016
It’s become a verb ... ....

STREETS OF CLEVELAND Barry: A man named Zoltan is running for president, too, and he ...

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 23 Jul 2016
CLEVELAND. Spoiler alert. The Republicans went ahead and actually nominated Donald Trump. The theme of the night was “Make America an Adjective or Verb Again,” and the highlight speaker was Chris Christie, who had the crowd on its feet when he presented DNA evidence linking Hillary Clinton to a 17-state string of bank robberies ... (I promise that’s the last Melania Trump plagiarism joke, unless I think of more.) ... He also had a Taser ... Really....

RECAP: A Round-Up Of Can't-Miss Stories From The RNC

Edit National Public Radio 23 Jul 2016
i. As balloons fell after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepted his party nomination last night, the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want' rang through the arena Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption. toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images ... Stories From Inside The Arena. ... "It has been said that 'to cleave' is the only verb in English that connotes one specific action and its direct opposite ... Sara D....

The Little Kapoors - Sonam, Rhea & Arjun! The Wonder Years Are Truly For 'Cheezing'

Edit Pinkvilla 22 Jul 2016
Sonam wrote, "#Throwback to a time when 'cheezing' was a verb @rheakapoor @arjunkapoor ......

Union Of Trump And GOP Consummated On Final Night Of Convention

Edit National Public Radio 22 Jul 2016
i ... Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption. toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images ... Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images. It has been said that "to cleave" is the only verb in English that connotes one specific action and its direct opposite ... Trump, its new master and presidential champion ... Politics ... ....

July 22-28: In the garden, it's time to ...

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 22 Jul 2016
Put up a birdbath. As I said last week, birds get hot, too. A fancy concrete bowl on a pedestal in the middle of the garden looks great but isn't necessarily best. A shallow plastic bowl is easier to clean (which you should do at least every three days to keep algae and even mosquitoes from building up), and birds are happier closer to the ground ... July 22-28. In the garden, it's time to ... of ... [Insert verb here] the Japanese beetles ... U.S ... ....

We dare you to spot Sonam Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in this picture!

Edit Bollywood Life 22 Jul 2016
Fri, July 22, 2016 9.18pm IST by Aarti Iyengar. comments. Arjun Kapoor Portfolio Photos. Sonam Kapoor plays perfect BRIDESMAID at her friend’s wedding in Mumbai, see pics!. Sonam Kapoor turns a WOMAN IN BLACK as she returns from Paris Fashion Week! ... FYI, there aren’t any prizes for guessing though ... #Throwback to a time when ‘cheezing’ was a verb @rheakapoor @arjunkapoor @akshaymarwah22 @mohitmarwah #ThrowbackThursday ... ....

Commentary: Autonomous vehicles don't need to be our future

Edit Times Union 22 Jul 2016
If we consider the history of American transportation in terms of an apt metaphor — a highway — we might note several so-called forks in the road where we've taken one path rather than another, and, as Robert Frost would say, "that has made all the difference." ... Gasoline-powered cars were noisy, dirty and hard to shift ... We could do this in America, as well — or maybe "could have done" is the right verb tense ... John M ... ....
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