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...Sunday?s finale was just a coronation. Before the start, he signed autographs in Corbeil-Essonnes. The French, who had loudly suspected Armstrong of doping, now adopt him as their champ. He flashed seven fingers-one for each win-and sipped champagne while riding with teammates into Paris. The three biggest reasons for Armstrong?s retirement, his son and two daughters, joined their father on the podium. ?Vive le Tour!? he shouted, waving...
Jane Roberts is a lawyer who specialized in satellite-technology law and now oversees attorney training at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, an international firm. Married in their early 40s, the couple struggled to have children and was finally able to adopt John (Jack) and Josephine, who were born 4˝ months apart. "As frequently happens when you go through the adoption process, some of the efforts weren't successful, and it continued for a time," says Jane's law partner and friend Jack McKay. "But when the opportunity came along to have not just one but two children, they took both...
Invading Iraq, however noble the U.S. believed its intentions, provided the best possible confirmation of the jihadist claims and spurred many of Europe's alienated Muslims to adopt the Islamist cause as their own. The evidence is available in the elaborate underground railroad that has brought hundreds of European Muslims to the fight in Iraq. And the notion that the West would enhance its security by occupying Iraq has proved utterly illusory. Coalition forces in Iraq face daily attacks from jihadists not because Saddam Hussein had trained a cadre of terrorists--we know there was no pre-existing relationship between...
...strongly believe the books can help children accurately learn about the traditions and history of our country and develop pride and love for their nation." RYU ONUMA, head of the education board in Otawara, Japan, which last week became the first town in the country to adopt textbooks glossing over Japanese atrocities during World...
CharlieCards—which don’t need to be swiped through a machine, only held close to a sensor—were pioneered in the late 1970s in France, Vanderhoof added. Washington, D.C. became the first major American city to adopt them...