Word: annelies
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Almost as soon as Ann and Don Bender marked the 4th of July by planting a field of more than 3,500 flags - one for each of the American troops killed in Iraq- the elements began to take a toll. The baking sun and sudden storms of a Great Plains summer left the little flagsticks warped and broken and the fabric bleached and torn...
...Ann, 51, and Don, 49, oppose the war. But their memorial was open to all sorts of interpretations, as is evident from the stack of thank you notes that the Benders have collected. "I'm not sure if your display is to say thank you to the men and women who are serving our country," one Air Force veteran wrote, "or if it's intended to bring attention to the audacity and stupidity of our elected leaders." One woman pulled into the driveway bearing a photograph of her nephew, killed in action the day before. Another day, a Marine...
...would stand at one end and realize that we couldn't even see the other end," Ann Bender recalled. "And every one is some mother's child. I don't know what's harder, the young ones, 19, 20, 21, who barely had a chance to live, or the older guys, in their 30s and 40s, who leave wives and children behind...
...there today and I didn’t see any mold. It has tables, a food court, it has a lot of study spaces, and it also has a gym and a pool, and it has offices and classrooms. It basically does everything,” said MIT freshman Ann Ouyang. “When I first saw it I thought it looked like a spaceship...
...holders of an ounce or less in their homes. In Nebraska, possession of less than an ounce is simply a civil citation. In Ohio, no criminal record is kept of a minor misdemeanor, that is, possession of less than 100 grams. Since the 1970s, the home-rule cities of Ann Arbor and Madison - who are allowed by their states to let city regulations supersede state laws for the most part - have simply imposed $25 fines for possession. St. Pierre says NORML and related organizations expect 2008 to be "much busier" for pro-pot activism and referendums. And even though federal...