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After recovering from his injuries, Reiterman spent the next four years researching and writing a comprehensive book about the tragedy, "Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People," which has just been reissued by Tarcher/Penguin. The 624-page book is an extraordinary act of scholarship, the definitive account of an event that continues to fascinate and mystify. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs spoke to Reiterman from San Francisco, where he is now the news editor for the Associated Press in northern California...
...can’t we get our act together?” he asked about the Nigerian government. “Why can’t Nigeria do something for the people...
...which includes some Republicans like McCain and Lindsey Graham. "We need every person that we can in Congress working constructively to move forward with the new agenda for our country," says Senator Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat. "Look, we're the majority party, we have the responsibility to act, and we've got to bring in the broadest possible coalition in order to get that done, and Senator Lieberman can be a very valuable member of our team...
...came back strong, but the Crimson used kills from McKinley, Mays, and sophomore Mikaelle Comrie to maintain the pace and hold onto the lead. At 25-21, junior Alissa Flesher nailed a kill to end the game as well as the chance of a shutout. Flesher repeated the act to start out the fourth frame, which saw constant back-and-forth action. Working off of attack errors, the Big Red threatened to take the lead several times, but lost its momentum to service errors. Taking advantage of Cornell’s faulty play, Harvard utilized kills from freshman Anne Carroll...
...college professors can require a record of published research and probationary periods of up to 10 years, K-12 teachers can win tenure after working as little as two years in some states. And thanks to the rigid testing requirements put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the academic freedom that tenure was meant to protect has been severely curtailed...