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...Arnold Schwarzenegger says the state should abolish its welfare program. Doing so would save $1.3 billion and rip a large gaping hole in the safety net that now keeps more than 500,000 California families like the Sandovals out of homeless shelters. (Read "With a New Budget, Now Californians Brace for the Pain...
...Nava Mekong launched this year and sails twice daily, journeying two hours upstream between high hills forested with teak trees, and past fishermen casting their nets from tiny craft. Among the destinations are the Pak Ou caves, where a brace of limestone grottoes houses thousands of Buddhist statues and images. (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...
...sights on a regional peace initiative, roping in moderate Arab states, which he will unveil on June 4 in Cairo. Obama knows that his plan will succeed or flop depending on Israel's willingness to make concessions to the Palestinians. After Netanyahu's trip, the Israeli public will brace for a tougher approach from Washington. A Haaretz cartoonist showed Obama escorting Netanyahu across the White House lawn and telling him, "You can take the subway to your hotel. Next time you're around, give me a call." This sort of casual send-off isn't what Israeli leaders are accustomed...
This is not the stuff of recession-era tragedy. Christopher once came home to find his mother in a neck brace: she had curtsied too low to a duchess and caught a heel in her pearls. The Buckleys weren't plutocrats, but William's prodigious output--he could bash out a 700-word column in five minutes flat--and Patricia's inheritance made them more than well off, and the action leaps nimbly from the family's teak-and-mahogany yacht to its 10th century Swiss chteau to Patricia's memorial service at the Metropolitan Museum's Temple...
...that we wanted today,” Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “My compliments to RPI. They played tough, they played hard, and they took advantage of their opportunities.”Having fought back from a 2-0 reverse in the second period through a brace by senior forward Sarah Wilson, the end result was hard for Harvard to swallow.Though the Crimson outshot its opponent 50 to 17, it was thwarted by resolute defending by the Engineers, an inability to finish goal-scoring opportunities, and, at times, a simple lack of luck...