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...took that lesson to heart. Even while her singing career flourished, she maintained a steady presence in Detroit, making her home in a downtown high-rise apartment with her son Eric, attending the True Rock Baptist Church every Sunday she was in the city and becoming a visible town booster who frequently popped up at school career days...
...Irving Berlin’s saccharine “God Bless America.” Not everyone heard Guthrie’s original lyrics protesting the plight of people who “stood there hungry” in line at the relief office; George H.W. Bush, an unrepentant booster of privatization and welfare reduction, somehow managed to use “This Land” during his presidential campaigns...
...affordable healthcare, a clearer definition of and better funding for public education, and making New Hampshire more business- and investment-friendly.Mary Ellen Martin, a Democratic incumbent who has represented Nashua for 16 years, differentiated Gallichon from other students who have viewed public office as a résumé-booster. She says that he is “really into the political scene. That needs to be encouraged because some young people are wasting their lives in endless pursuits like MTV and video games.” Gallichon’s prior political experience consists of a two-term stint...
...have already come into contact with the virus. The vaccine is not currently licensed for use on men. Rosenthal wrote in an email that the initial series of the vaccine will likely give protection against the virus for five years. “Most experts are projecting that a booster shot will be necessary after that time period,” he wrote. —Staff writer John R. Macartney can be reached at jmacartn@fas.harvard.edu...
Though he had received all three parts of the Hepatitis B vaccination series, Tabak was told that the time sequence they were issued in would require that he receive a booster shot...