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...when Obama reached the autobiographical portion of his speech Tuesday night, he had two opportunities to mention Harvard, in the context of both himself and his father, who left the family to pursue his Ph.D. at Harvard. But instead, Obama steered clear of the H-Bomb: “Through hard work and perseverance my father got a scholarship to study in a magical place, America...
Segovia founded the All Girl Skate Jam in 1997 as a way to recognize female skateboarders. "It was like we dropped a bomb on the skating world, which was mostly male" and somewhat hostile, she says. The competition has helped legitimize the place of women in the sport with its inclusive philosophy, reflected in its motto "All ages, all abilities, all girls." The first year the contest attracted just five female skateboarders. At the most recent event there were more than...
...return to the clinic. He is 74, retired, and can keep his family comfortable on his savings and income from inherited real estate. He holds plenty of cash on hand "because you never know what might happen." When Baghdadis leave their homes each morning, they know that a bomb or rocket or gun might add them to the city's lengthening civilian-casualty list. Traffic adds hours to the peril, as cars move at an agonizingly slow pace through improvised checkpoints and blocked-off streets. "My family says the profit is not enough, the suffering of the journey too great...
...minister Iyad Allawi, some 35 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq. The number of insurgent attacks continue to average close to 40 a day, and the enormity of the security challenge facing the new government is underscored every day - Wednesday's toll included ten killed by a car bomb near the government's headquarters in Baghdad, and the assassination of the governor of Mosul. And, of course, for now at least, the burden of the Iraqi government's security crisis is born primarily by U.S. forces...
...style is to be a diplomat, not a bomb thrower." DAN GLICKMAN, onetime Congressman and Secretary of Agriculture, just named to succeed Jack Valenti as chief lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America...