Word: arizona
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...issues of poverty, deteriorating infrastructure and environmental degradation. Unless America's leaders devise a dramatic new approach for coping with hurricane disasters, we are destined to be devastated by many more Katrinas. We can only hope that this was the ultimate wake-up call. Michael F. Hamant Tucson, Arizona, U.S. I am a native New Orleanian, who evacuated the city before the horror. Now, as I sit in San Diego, I try not to hate those responsible for the botched response to the hurricane. I've been listening to national politicians who state that what happened in New Orleans could...
...staff, as former head coach Tim Wheaton became an Assistant Director of Athletics during the offseason. Erickson, 29, hails from Northwestern and formerly held coaching positions at Stanford and Cal. She brought aboard Mike Calise—a 1997 graduate of Boston College who has held coaching positions at Arizona State and Princeton—as her top assistant and recruiting coordinator and also helped hire Kristin DePlatchett, a star player who graduated from North Carolina in 2002, to work with the goalies...
...protection while their families back home have assistance if they need it. If there aren't enough supporters of the war willing to make the sacrifice of enlisting, then the President should find a diplomatic solution and get out of Iraq as soon as possible. Laura Crowley Scottsdale, Arizona...
...phase: the financial free-for-all. The President was careful not to get specific about what the "generosity of a united country" might cost, but economists estimate that Katrina's final price tag could easily top $200 billion. While frugal Republicans like Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Arizona Representative Jeff Flake (one of 11 members of the House to vote against the President's relief bill) instinctively called for budget cuts to offset the cost of the recovery effort, few cuts seem politically realistic. And much to the dismay of many of his colleagues, House majority leader Tom DeLay...
...former unanimous All-Ivy selection and 24th-round draft choice of the Arizona Diamondbacks batted .296/.347/.442 (AVG/OBP/SLG) in 300 at-bats, leading the team in RBI with 42. His eight home runs were good for second on the team...