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...Braude supported the proposal until the end with his argument that early voting would increase adult participation...
...handled it. Among the boys who found the real gun, one third pulled the trigger with enough force to fire the weapon. Almost all the boys who handled the gun had some gun safety training, which emphasizes the importance of leaving guns alone and finding an adult to put the gun away...
...some of it sleeping under my cubicle, a very small chunk of it reporting this story. A few times in high school I told my mom I was going to the movies when, in fact, I was going to very large keg parties that were customarily very lacking in adult supervision. And in a few days I am flying to Italy for a weekend, which is something else I didn't want my mom to know because she'd think I was being sooooo impractical. Which...
...life, the bestselling author's work has brought her into an elite group of writers. Le Guin is one of the most successful science fiction authors of all time, both critically and commercially. She has won the annual Hugo and Nebula awards five times. Her young adult series beginning with The Wizard of Earthsea has won the Newbery Silver Medal and four separate Children's Book of the Year awards. More than three million copies of her books are in print, and they include children's stories, poetry collections, and even a guide to writing that analyzes authors like Mark...
...Vermont, the Jeffords of this week seems little different from last week's - independent, pro-tree, pro-choice, pro-special ed. In the eyes of the country, it's George Bush's identity - consummate professional, protean charmer, reasonable conservative - that has become mottled. Bush campaigned as an adult who would restore not only honor but also professionalism to the White House. No all-night sessions strewn with pizza boxes. He would institute appropriate dress, muted cell phones and meetings that started - and ended - on time...