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This & That

Duty Calls
Duty Calls
South Korean pop star Rain bid farewell to tearful fans in October 2011 as he put one of Asia’s most successful entertainment careers on hold to enter boot camp and begin nearly two years of military service.
White-hot color
White-hot color
White has passed silver as the world’s most popular color for carmakers, according to an annual survey by paint maker PPG Industries.
Super Obsession
Super Obsession
Herbert Chavez may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but he sure looks as if he could. The Filipino costume store owner has undergone a series of surgeries on his nose, cheeks, lips, thighs and chin to look more like Superman. He plans to become even more like the “Man of Steel” by having metal inserted in his legs to make him taller. Reuters
Bottled Memories
Bottled Memories
A Japanese teenager expressed her gratitude in September 2011 after a U.S. Sailor in Hawaii found a bottle she had tossed into the sea off Japan’s southern coast nearly six years ago.