The summit was always unlikely to agree on anything substantial, let alone pledge eternal hemispheric brotherhood.

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En route, it was boarded by the U.S. Navy, which reportedly found weapons aboard, took photos, but then--lacking authority to do anything more--let the ship sail on.

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Snow artists have also been let loose on the designs, and igloos sport fanciful carvings of anything from swans to the stone faces of Angkor.

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Anything faster than this would have been an outright disaster and I had to let off on a couple of issues because I had to allow the machine to readjust because we just pushed it too hard.

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We've heard this whole song and dance before, but apparently Hybrios are such an improvement over regular one-use batteries that the Worldwide Wildlife Fund recently let the company stick its logo on the packets -- and if there's anything that motivates us to buy things, it's a giant, environmentally-friendly panda.

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Unfortunately, here too, all evidence points to the conclusion that Israel has not received anything on the Iran front from any of the relevant actors in exchange for its willingness to let Hamas take over Gaza and continue to finance and arm Fatah terrorists.

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