Osman says long-term residents like her were already struggling to find enough food and water for thousands of recent arrivals from Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

She would occupy it only long enough to emerge like the phoenix, a brand-new version of herself.

NEWYORKER: Shauntrelle

Well, in my case it was more like catching whitewater and standing up long enough to learn that surfing is totally addicting.

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It took them long enough, but it looks like Sony is really coming clean on this battery issue, and urging all affected manufacturers to get on the recall bandwagon.

ENGADGET: Dell recalls 100,000 more batteries while Toshiba and Fujitsu join the fray