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...freezing night last July, Sindiswa, 17, lay curled in a fetal position in bed No. 7 of a state-run hospice in central Bloemfontein. Well-used fly strips hung between fluorescent lights, pale blue paint flaked off the walls, and fresh blood stained her sheets, the rusty bedpost and the linoleum floor. Sindiswa had full-blown AIDS and tuberculosis, and she was three months pregnant. Sweat poured from her forehead as she whispered her story through parched lips covered with sores. A few blocks away, the roars of rugby fans erupted from Free State Stadium. In June the roars will...
...exotic lands as Puerto Rico, among other colonial interests) must necessarily use taxpayer dollars allocated by the government—at the very least, in the form of roads or law enforcement—so our humble president has certainly got some countable successes to notch on to his bedpost. Heaven forbid we forget that George W. Bush was the first—in fact, the only—president in office when the iPhone was invented. And can you recall who was running our nation’s executive branch during the publication...
...rock 'n' roll that combines folk, jug band, country, jazz and blues--inspiring musicians like John Lennon, Van Morrison and Pete Townshend; after a long battle with heart ailments; in Peterborough, England. Among his hits were Rock Island Line and Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight...
...1950s with "skiffle," his unique rendition of American folk music; after collapsing midway through a tour; in Peterborough, England. Described by Paul McCartney as "The Man," Donegan swept the charts between 1956 and 1962 with 26 hits such as Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight), and Rock Island Line. Although his glory days ended with the Beatles, Donegan inspired generations of musicians including the Rolling Stones, and later continued performing in comedy and cabaret...
Then perhaps one day the only sign of anti-Semitism—the hatred of Jews—will be when you hit your knee on the bedpost and curse the viciously anti-Semitic design...