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...patronage in the Rhode Island state court system. A long-time friend and coworker, Joel Stark, said Hamblett’s “commitment to Providence was a inspiration to the community and the people that followed him.” Starting in 1957, Hamblett began his climb up the company ladder, eventually taking the post of chairman in 1987. Under his leadership, the Journal merged its morning and afternoon papers, took the company public, and sold the paper to A. H. Belo Corporation in 1997. Those who knew him spoke in interviews of both his kind character...
...knowledge. “He’s very well informed, very well prepared,” she said. But Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 said that unseating a popular incumbent would be a daunting task. “There’s quite a hill to climb,” he said...
...fundraiser. But while the congressman still has the backing of the Bush Administration, his support is slipping at home-a new Gallup poll finds that just 36 percent of registered voters in DeLay?s district said they would support him in November's election-and he faces an uphill climb with his party. "He's tough, ready for a fight," DeGuerin told TIME. "Some clients I have to build some starch in, but I didn't have to with him." The question for DeLay is whether he can persuade his congressional colleagues to come along...
...discounting is bringing shoppers out in force--literally. When a Wal-Mart in Cedar Hill, Texas, opened at 5 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, Brittany Price, 19, was nearly trampled as she angled for a $68 DVD player. "I had to climb a display and hang on," she says. "It was funny watching people get so worked up over spending money. How often do you see that?" More and more often, it turns...
...think all the excitement has gone out of flying, try spending an afternoon with Fighter Combat International. Based at Williams Gateway, a small airport in Mesa, Arizona, the company offers flights piloted by former U.S. top guns and air-combat instructors for $345 and up. You'll climb into a German-made Extra 300L aircraft - a plane purpose-built for aerobatic stunts - and hang on tight as your pilot takes you on knuckle-whitening maneuvers at speeds of up to 400 km/h. There's even a chance to engage in mock dogfights, complete with the sound of simulated gunfire...