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Funeral services will be held this morning at 9:10 a.m. at the Bell-O’Dea Funeral Home, at 376 Washington Street, Brookline. The funeral will be followed by a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Lawrence Church at 774 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill...
...bright Wednesday afternoon. Today the home of the Preakness Stakes and the famous Seabiscuit--War Admiral match race of 1938--perhaps the sport's greatest moment--is host to a $14,500 claiming race, and Robin des Tune, at 13 to 1, leads by three lengths. The chestnut filly gallops past 8,000 empty seats and withstands a late charge by Halo's Gem, the favorite, to seal the win. In the once exclusive box seats, Constantine Kimos, a retired butcher surrounded by a dozen desolate rows, glances at his card. He had two bucks on Halo...
...Plus, we've addressed the extreme right's potential by doing things in areas like security, family policy, law and order, and giving France a strong role in the world. The big theme in the papers now is whether France is in decline. Is it? This is an old chestnut in the French press. We have an élite in France that comes from the same place. Nicolas Baverez [author of France Is Falling, the book that sparked the debate] and many others in that élite are enarques, [graduates of the prestigious Ecole Nationale D'Administration that traditionally supplies...
...experience would later earn him more respect from the troops. After a three-year stint at Fort Bragg, N.C., he joined the Florida National Guard and attended Santa Fe Community College. He was also active in politics and helped run the successful re-election campaign of county commissioner Cynthia Chestnut. In December Jeffrey's unit was called up for duty. Wershow was shot while guarding U.S. officials attending a meeting at the University of Baghdad. --Reported by Broward Liston/Gainesville...
...Officers were dispatched to the area of Brookline and Chestnut St. after two Cambridge residents reported an attempted robbery with a knife. A struggle ensued and the suspects fled...