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...seat of retiring Senator Sam Nunn, Georgia voters were faced with a choice between a man who resembled Bob Dole and a man whose past was reminiscent of Bob Dole's. In Max Cleland they chose the latter, a Vietnam War hero who lost two legs and an arm in a grenade explosion and then rebuilt his life through public service. A spokesman for Republican loser Guy Millner complained during the campaign that Cleland, 54, was "running on biography." But a remarkable biography it is: a triple amputee who overcame depression and prejudice to become a Georgia state senator...
...look Harvard University Policy Department (HUPD) has been re-cast in recent months as the student-friendly arm of the University...
...group of ethnic Tutsi who have been living in eastern Zaire for more than 200 years, the Banyamulenge have achieved enviable success in a number of lucrative ventures, especially mining. This has made them wealthy and enabled them to arm themselves lavishly, but it has also opened them up to scapegoating by local Zairean demagogues eager to augment their power by whipping up resentment against a people they still see as outsiders. Adding poisonously to this mix was the Hutu refugees' deep hatred for the Tutsi. The Hutu immediately began raiding the mines and goading Zairean leaders to launch pogroms...
...band chooses to sacrifice perfect sound for energy. And even Plumtree's less accomplished songs can't help but inject an adrenaline shot into the listener's arm...
Squires told the commission investigator that Griffen was holding his arm while leading him outside, which is when he was punched...