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...COME TO THIS? War broke out in 1983 and had cost 64,000 lives by the time a cease-fire was signed in 2002. The government of Ranil Wickremesinghe promised peace, and the Tigers declared they wanted to join the political mainstream. But skirmishes continued after the cease-fire, and when Wickremesinghe lost power in April 2004 and was succeeded by a government allied to hard-line Sinhalese nationalists, the fighting intensified. The same year, the senior Tiger commander in the east, Karuna, broke away from the L.T.T.E., claiming its leaders were biased against eastern Tamils. The violence escalated...
...principal cast lent their luster to the evening. Anika Noni Rose, a 2004 Tony winner for Caroline, or Change, was brought up on stage, as were Jennifer Hudson from American Idol and star-of-the-future Keith Robinson (who got his chance when negotiations with R&B singer Usher broke down). Eddie Murphy couldn't make it, so Foxx managed a dead-accurate impersonation, right down to Murphy's trademark donkey laugh...
...meticulous voice of the announcer:"A time which is a new meeting and track record, and ... a new English native, a British national, a British all comers, European, British Empire and world record. The time was three ... " At that point, the 1,500 track fans in the stands broke into such an uproar that the rest of the announcement was lost: "Three minutes, fifty-nine and four-tenths seconds." London July 21, 1947 There were many arrangements to be made. Philip, for instance, was comparatively poor ... But in Manchester a bus driver conceded: "I think the royal family gives...
...however, and I got a tell-all glimpse into what it’s like to be a lightweight on a Friday. By noon, I viewed everybody I saw eating or drinking as an ungrateful glutton. When I walked by Pinocchio’s at 2:30, I almost broke down. Water fountains became cruel jokes. But I made it to 5 p.m., and Kauble did, too—despite having four pounds to go at 11pm when I talked to him on Thursday. My stats? Six pounds in 24 hours, and a startlingly profound respect for people who?...
...responsibilities to the new College Events Board in early April, leading representatives to debate whether the CLC should be replaced with a new committee or whether the UC’s size should be reduced. After nearly a month of heated discussions about internal restructuring, the council broke into applause when UC Vice-President Annie R. Riley ’07 announced that 36 members had voted in favor of the amendment to reduce the size of the UC and 10 against, just over the three-fourths majority needed to pass a constitutional amendment. The loudest cheers could be heard...