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...Morning Edition,” long a morning-radio staple, as much a part of each a.m. as grapenuts and coffee, to vacate his post as host to the popular daily show as part of a larger effort to update the network’s content and style. Edwards, who has served as host since the show’s inception in 1979, will be sorely missed by all who enjoyed his soothing tones and inspired insight...
...Seahawks weren’t content to settle for overtime as they immediately called a timeout to draw up a final play. Out of the timeout, the pass found its way into the hands of a Wagner player just outside the cage and she wheeled around and converted on the shot attempt, giving the Seahawks a 5-4 victory...
...Yard and Memorial Hall, ask one: “Where is the pretty part of campus?” Astonished and offended, one tries to argue that our surroundings are hardly displeasing. But these friends wish for ivy-covered walls and grasses of perfect British green. They are not content with anything one has to offer. One leaves feeling disconcerted, but the visitors from the Show-Me state are just the first to cast one in the role one was to fill ever after, each time one crossed the Yard: one has become a host trying hard to please...
...half years have persuaded most Palestinians to settle for less than Hamas' full territorial claims, which include what is now Israel. Although Palestinian society is traditional and conservative, few would want to live in an Islamic theocracy. Most just want the occupation to end and would be content to live side by side with Israel if they had a viable state of their own in the territory they inhabited in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem before 1967. That is almost exactly what the U.S. peace road map calls for, though of course it is the precise contours...
...Instead of just yelling back and forth, we take a few steps back and examine people's underlying values. People can ask why to their heart's content," says Phillips, whose most recent book, Six Questions of Socrates (Norton; 320 pages), came out earlier this year...