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Sharon Wingler, author of Travel Alone & Love It, is a domestic flight attendant who began taking trips abroad by herself after her divorce 15 years ago. "It takes me out of my everyday existence and makes me feel like I'm a citizen of the world," she says. "As a solo traveler you throw yourself on the mercy of strangers constantly--and someone's always there when you need them. It has restored my faith in humanity...
...mission to educate its students in the disciplines of a liberal arts education. Professor Phelan has a mission of her own: to open up the eyes of the University to the value of the study of the arts. "If the University is like the body of the ideal citizen, it is missing a limb and pretending that it's not missing," she says...
...contends that he was speaking as a citizen and then a public servant. He also points to a flawless service record as reason to allow him to remain...
...settled down. He boiled down the tax cut/estate tax question resoundingly ("It's a fairness issue. It's an issue of principle, not politics") and delivered suitably grave response to the death penalty question that Gore, surprisingly, left unchallenged. He even had a line for campaign finance reform and citizen disillusionment: "We need somebody in office who will tell the truth. It's the best way to get people back into the system...
...shortly after World War II, to parents from a region contested by Lithuania and Russia. Having finished a prison term for a narcotics offense and now scheduled for deportation, he has nowhere to go: Germany, which recognizes citizenship by blood rather than territory, refuses to acknowledge him as a citizen, and Lithuania has demanded documentation of his parents' residence that can no longer be found. Although the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has noted that Zadvydas "may in a sense be stateless," the court refused to free him because it is possible that Lithuania or Russia may be persuaded...