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Stirred by reports of genocide in Sudan, Swarthmore College senior Mark Hanis concocted a zany scheme last fall: an “adopt-a-peacekeeper” fund to finance an African Union (AU) force stationed in Darfur...
...dozen or so years in the Washington foreign assistance field, as a political appointee and a career diplomat, I found no individual more honest and straightforward than Bolton. The man is brilliant, an off-putting quality to many in the State Department and foreign policy arena who adopt the maneuvering and cloying approaches traditionally viewed as "diplomatic." Bolton was a tough boss and a straight-shooting friend and colleague who always let you know where you stood. He's an inspired and excellent choice. Mary Beth Allen Yarbrough Sugar Land, Texas...
...joins you at the hip to Apple's iTunes online store? Apple may hold more than 60% of the market for hard drive--based digital-music players, but even iPod devotees may have wandering eyes--and competitors are crying "Pick me!" by delivering fetching new digital-music players that adopt some of the benchmark's strengths while offering more flexibility and features...
...Hancock, for instance, was sure he wanted to adopt a young child. Told he would be great with teens, Hancock, 42, an unmarried Tampa title examiner, said, "You're not going to pawn off one of your older kids on me." But when a persistent caseworker showed him a photo of Steven, 16, who had been in foster care since he was 6, Hancock and his sister-in-law, who provided moral support during the process, were charmed by a certain family resemblance. "He's one of us," they concluded. When Hancock and Steven met a week later, they developed...
Once a match is made, there will probably be some rough sledding for families who adopt adolescents with the kind of past that landed them in foster care. No one knows that better than Fonda Fantroy, a Head Start administrator in St. Louis who has adopted five teens--two sets of siblings from families with a history of sexual abuse and alcoholism. "It's not always fun," says Fantroy, 50. "Every Saturday I'm in therapy with one of my kids." Fantroy, who is single and also has a biological child, says she likes the challenge of raising teenagers: "There...