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...When opposites attract" demonstrates to partisan politicians that there are at least two political personalities, former Presidents Bush and Clinton, who can work together on a wide range of issues for the common good. Those two exhibited mutual respect, unselfish behavior, kindly affection and dignified civility rarely seen in or out of government. They give an impressive example of comity in a realm in which divisiveness and partisanship rule on many fronts...
...detention. “This was the first time that someone that I know directly was detained in this manner,” Dzambukira wrote in an e-mail. “One of the things that surprised me was that a student clearly doing academic work would attract this kind of scrutiny,” he added. According to Amnesty International’s 2005 report on Zimbabwe, the country’s police and intelligence forces “were implicated in numerous cases of torture, assault, and ill-treatment.” The report said that...
...This was the first time that someone that I know directly was detained in this manner," Dzambukira wrote in an e-mail. "One of the things that surprised me was that a student clearly doing academic work would attract this kind of scrutiny," he added...
...report does not call for rebuilding in designated areas, there is no method in place for establishing a critical mass of residents in an area. Without a concentration of neighborhoods, many areas will not have convenient grocery stores, neighborhood schools, or other critical resources. If an area fails to attract a critical mass within 12 months, which many of the districts likely will not, residents will be forced to desert their homes. The federal government buyout program—which would compensate residents at pre-Katrina market value for their property—would foot the bill for relocation...
...church services were made voluntary and the service was moved an hour later in an effort to attract students who might skip an early service if allowed...