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Michael Warnick (H) pinned Chad Nelson...
Beyond the kidney-shaped table that serves as Savage's cockpit in the 20-ft. by 60-ft. classroom, Cal Phipps, Nicole's eighth-grade cousin, reads about peristalsis for science. His younger brother Chad and fellow fourth-grader Chan Childers pursue phonics at their desks. Chan's second-grade sister Nolan wrestles solo with a spelling exercise, and Renee Stanton, Becky's seventh- grade sister, is engrossed in the Civil War for social studies...
...Salaries are low. Savage, a widowed 22-year veteran of six rural Montana schools, makes $14,000 annually after six years at Pine Grove. "You've got to love what you're doing," she says. Then she rings her brass school bell out the front door and tells Chad to raise the flag. It is time for school...
Even by the convoluted standard of North African politics, Deby and Gaddafi are strange bedfellows. As adviser for security and defense under Habre, Deby helped mastermind a series of lightning attacks that drove Gaddafi out of northern Chad in 1983 and again in 1987. But after Habre accused him of plotting a coup last year, Deby fled to the Sudan, where he began recruiting his army. A final three-week assault launched last month quickly overwhelmed forces loyal to Habre, who fled across the Chari River into Cameroon...
...amity between Deby and Gaddafi does not seem to extend to the Aozou Strip, a mineral-rich area in northern Chad that Gaddafi claims belongs to Libya. Deby made it clear last week that if necessary he will fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands. That may encourage Gaddafi to assist yet another rebel army with the aim of overthrowing yet another government...