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...Although Blunkett denied any wrongdoing, the scandal capped a string of career-damaging revelations, including nasty remarks about his colleagues made in a recent biography, the disclosure of his three-year affair with American publisher Kimberly Quinn, and his claims to have fathered her two-year-old son. Born blind, Blunkett rose from working-class roots to become one of Prime Minister Tony Blair's closest allies; his security initiatives were to be a cornerstone of Blair's upcoming re-election campaign...
Arafat funded violent groups throughout the territories. Even in the optimistic early days after the signing of the Oslo accords, Arafat turned a blind eye when Palestinian terrorists bombed defenseless Israeli civilians. Apparently he believed that such acts would force more concessions from Israel. What Palestinians needed was a leader like Nelson Mandela. What they got was a sort of Robert Mugabe. Good riddance, and please, no more crocodile tears...
...itself less as a home-improvement show than a life-improvement show. Each week the design team meets a family with a heart-wrenching story--disability, death, debt--and tailors a monster renovation to its needs. For the Vardon family of Oak Park, Mich.--two deaf parents with a blind, autistic son named Lance, 12, and a sighted son Stefan, 14--the team built a house with high-tech aids, including flashing-light smoke alarms and Braille labels on the walls. The Vardons also got a $50,000 college scholarship for Stefan...
...Zuckerberg hath wrought, and thus he had a level-headed perspective on the issue that many here lack. Once you get sucked into thefacebook, one creates rationalizations for prolonging its use. In this case, an outsider’s perspective has shone light on a topic that has a blind sense of school pride attached...
...trade. Turnbull spent a week sleeping in a laundry room, regularly stole half-eaten cheeseburgers from a restaurant just after lunchtime, and finagled free meals from a shelter. He spent a few nights sequestered under the bushes behind a wall at the California Institute for the Deaf and Blind...