• The N900 may have a "good" resistive touchscreen, but it's still a resistive touchscreen, which means it's not going to be as finger-friendly as it could be -- we were repeatedly disappointed by how much pressure was required to actuate scrolling gestures in menus, for example.

    ENGADGET: Nokia N900 quick hands-on Hands-on

  • We would not be -- we would not be where we were, we would not be spending -- what month are we in on health care reform?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The pilot and a passenger of the BE-35 were killed, but the owner and pilot of the PA-28 survived with injuries, authorities said.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The others before the court - Jayden Ryan, 16, Alexander Vanderpuije, 15, Jack Bartle, 16, Cleon Brown, 15, and two aged 14 and 16 who still cannot be named - were convicted by a jury of the same charges.

    BBC: Girl, 14, raped by schoolboy gang

  • Most would-be clients were still wedded to catalog and in-store orders.

    FORBES: The oops factor

  • But their snappy "do-be-do-dahs" were irresistible.

    NPR: Bach In Translation: From Jazz Vocals To Electronic Blips

  • The streets of Ramnicu Valcea, the south-central city in Romania -where totality could be seen the longest - were crammed with spectators.

    BBC: 11 August

  • Mr Lenon said extra-curricular activities - be they sporting or otherwise - were central to the experience of any educated person.

    BBC: cricket

  • In the Citigroup lawsuit, for example, lawyers needed to show that bank executives acted with scienter, or guilty knowledge, when they loaded the bank up with soon-to-be-worthless derivatives that were a byproduct of their mortgage-backed securities business.

    FORBES: Class-Action Firms Capitalize On Wretched Market For Law-School Grads

  • The report said about one third of all pensioners in Northern Ireland - 81, 000 - were considered to be living in low-income households, with thousands missing out on benefits to which they were entitled.

    BBC: 'Millions unclaimed' by pensioners

  • Would-be entrepreneurs were invited to submit business plans for agencies in any area of marketing communications.

    FORBES: MDC To Back Agency-Building Entrepreneur

  • It suggested inquiries rose as would-be buyers were gradually looking to test the market.

    BBC: Surveyors indicate housing market optimism 'returning'

  • While other auto chief-executives-to-be were punching keyboards in an accounting office, Fukui ran the company's motorcycle racing operations.

    FORBES: Engineers Rule

  • Would-be rescuers were stuck in their own countries, while the Iranians got around to issuing them with formal invitations.

    ECONOMIST: Now wait for the political tremors

  • What we saw this day was the administrative part of the museum, where some uncataloged or ready-to-be-processed artifacts were kept.

    CNN: Jim Clancy: Museum 'shattered' by looters

  • The parents-to-be were thus exposed to visual, auditory, tactile and (from the blanket) olfactory stimuli associated with having a baby around.

    ECONOMIST: Hormones and fatherhood

  • Some suggested that would-be leaseholders were also overwhelmed by the building's iconic status, in the sense that it would feel a bit like renting office space in the White House.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Mr Mellor said there was no evidence of a co-ordinated international effort - the would-be mediators were "all saying the first thing that comes into their heads and I am not sure that is very helpful".

    BBC: Setback for Cook peace bid

  • Recent Home Office research found that offenders participating in community-based treatment programmes were half as likely to be re-convicted within two years as offenders who were simply placed on probation.

    ECONOMIST: Are there better ways of dealing with sex offenders?

  • They were not clean-cut at all, very messy, and I thought there was going to be an upset - the Georgians were a bit unlucky in the end.

    BBC: Zinzan Brooke column

  • "Chicago" director Rob Marshall and "Gangs of New York" director Martin Scorsese -- the latter winless now in four directing nominations -- were thought to be the front-runners.

    CNN: 'Chicago' triumphs at Oscars

  • Two of the first three - Megan Lloyd George and Eirene White - were what might be called well-connected, illustrating the challenge facing Ms Clwyd in seeking the Labour nomination in Cynon Valley.

    BBC: Ann Clwyd tackles prime minister on nursing standards

  • So there should be enough money -- and if we were wise then all that money would be there and then we -- we're going to start running a deficit as the baby boomers start retiring, but we would have accumulated all this money and everything would be fine.

    WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall in Arnold, Missouri

  • Inspector Gary Williams, the area commander, said some people were less tolerant of youngsters than they used to be - children playing football in the street were now perceived by some people as anti-social.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Corby tops 'yob map' of England

  • "Wales have always been confidence-driven, and that'll be sky-high as they were the only side to beat southern hemisphere opposition during the autumn Tests when they won against Australia, " said Bulloch.

    BBC: Scots need spirit of 1999

  • Mr Salmond - in whose Gordon constituency the resort would be based - insisted the rules were followed to the letter.

    BBC: Saga of Tycoon's golfing vision

  • When they started the delivery Monday -- more than nine weeks before the babies would be full term -- they were in for a surprise.

    CNN: Octuplets' births surprise California doctors

  • Farmers in the area are hoping that the lesions in the cows' mouths - feared to be a symptom of the disease - were actually cuts from brambles.

    BBC: New disease rules for autumn

  • Last year there were just over 25, 000 requests for individual English papers to be re-marked (there were 14, 500 the previous year).

    BBC: Appeals rise over schools tests

  • Perhaps there will be psychological effects but overall the majority of people - even if there were a catastrophic incident - will not be physically affected.

    BBC: Six Forum: UK terrorist threat?

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