Word: birmingham
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...couple’s relationship began when they were both students in Birmingham, Ala. They met when Barkley, then a senior, stopped by one of his favorite teacher’s rooms to say hi. Ausman had stayed after class to ask the teacher a question and they were introduced. One thing led to another, and they’ve been together ever since. Separated by only a few stops on the T, Barkley and Ausman feel that the distance has helped their relationship. “It works out well because she has her friends there and I have...
...terrorists chose to use jet airplanes is that they do not yet have access to ballistic missiles. But they will not be without missile technology forever. The U.S. must prepare for this eventuality now. As global military technology advances, our domestic defense technology must advance as well. SEAN MICHAEL Birmingham...
...warlike mobilization was by no means left to the stricken zones. At Chalkville Elementary School near Birmingham, Ala., more than 700 calls had been received from worried parents, many of whom came at midmorning to pick up their children. Churches and schools and civic groups all around the country offered to help anyone stranded by the grounding of the nation's planes. All over Los Angeles, offices and government buildings were shut down and surrounded by police: city hall, the Federal Building in Westwood, even shopping malls. At the Federal Building, armored rescue vehicles and Ford cars ringed the entrances...
...warlike mobilization was by no means left to the stricken zones. At Chalkville Elementary School near Birmingham, Ala., more than 700 calls had been received from worried parents, many of whom came at midmorning to pick up their children. Churches and schools and civic groups all around the country offered to help anyone stranded by the grounding of the nation's planes. All over Los Angeles, offices and government buildings were shut down and surrounded by police: city hall, the Federal Building in Westwood, even shopping malls. At the Federal Building, armored rescue vehicles and Ford cars ringed the entrances...
Rice's personal story of hard work helps explain her tenacity. She grew up under segregation in Birmingham, Ala., willed her way to college at age 15 and eventually became a Soviet expert in the White House of Bush I--finding time along the way to become an accomplished pianist, ice skater and sports buff. Her hard-line positions have surprised even seasoned alumni of Republican administrations. J. Stapleton Roy, Bush Sr.'s ambassador to China, says Rice is "prone to the naive view that we are strong and they are weak and we should ruthlessly exploit that." Rice, like...