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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Tell me about her. Ellen Gleeson is like a lot of my heroines. She is very ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. I picture her as everywoman and a lot like me. If anyone were to ask me, "What is your defining characteristic?" it's that I'm a mom. And in my case, and her case too, [it's that we're] single moms. So even though she works outside the home, her child is the most important thing in her life and the day she adopts him she feels that her life has become complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist Lisa Scottoline | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...first question to ask is why Arab countries would take such a stance in the first place. Their position comes down to the issue of self-preservation. Let’s face it—it’s not as if the Arab countries are completely democratic. If Bashir is prosecuted, other Arab leaders fear that they might also be charged with criminal acts against their people. It’s true that, during the Arab summit on Mar. 30, the Arab League demanded that Israeli officials be put on trial for atrocities they committed against the people...

Author: By Elias A Shaaya | Title: Never Again | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...continued working with Greytak on a surface physics experiment that required her to spend hours welding in the machine shop building a vacuum system.When she received an IBM Fellowship midway through her thesis work, she says she walked into Greytak’s office to ask if she should take the unorthodox step of interrupting her academic career for an internship in industry. “His reaction was kind of interesting,” Murray says. “He fell off his chair, and I thought, ‘Oh well, never mind that...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEAS Dean Breaks Barriers | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...help you explore your greatest dreams and sickest fantasies!”] From an advertisement for the Exodus: Escape Reality show put on by Expressions Dance Company. If narcophiliacs with foot fetishes and law school ambitions show up, all FlyBy can say is: be careful what you ask...

Author: By Julia S Chen | Title: The FlyBy Spam Challenge | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...move toward rescinding the rule didn't come as a surprise. In addition, even Catholic leaders disagree about whether federal law provides sufficient protections without the rule, which was one of Bush's last acts in December. If scores of workers would be forced to violate their religious beliefs, ask opponents of the rule, then why did Bush wait eight years to put it in place? (Read "The Grassroots Abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catholic Democrats: Is Their Support for Obama Fraying? | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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