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...Kristol, put down your book of statistics. Get out from behind your desk, and head out to where people are forced to work multiple jobs in order to make ends meet. America is stronger than ever - for corporate America and the top 10 percenters. The middle-class worker is steadily being replaced by the working poor. I owned a tire-and-radiator business years ago and took for granted that everyone could afford the best tires, monthlong vacations in Florida every winter and luxury vehicles. I was shocked into reality as this lifestyle declined over time. From then...
...group sitting around a television set that depicted a fiery but indiscernible image. “An airplane crashed,” someone said in Portuguese. Suddenly, our editor Denise started screaming reporters’ names and the newsroom plunged into frenetic activity. Vinicius, a reporter, stopped by my desk. “Want to come?” he asked. Five minutes later we were in a car, weaving furiously through heavy traffic on sodden streets as Laura, another reporter, bellowed obscenities of incredulity at the radio reports...
...General had "cast her away like a grain of dust." The former presidential staffer detailed how Katsav allegedly advanced from making harassing phone calls - she claimed he demanded that she wear a skirt with no underwear to work - to locking her in the presidential office, pinning her against the desk and raping her. Katsav has denied A's allegations. Justice Ministry staffers were stunned by A's performance. "She said things in her press conference that she never told the police during many hours of questioning," complains one staffer, who says Mazuz settled for lesser charges against Katsav because...
...June 28, Jacqui Smith, 44, Britain's freshly appointed Home Secretary, and the first woman ever to hold the post, arrived at her new quarters to find three battered red ministerial boxes on her desk. Their contents - essential reading to help her master her complex new brief - kept her busy until late in the evening. Then she returned to her London home and went to bed - to be woken a few hours later by the news that there had been an attempted car-bomb attack in the capital. Less than 12 hours after she'd taken office, Britain was facing...
...June 28, Jacqui Smith, 44, Britain's freshly appointed Home Secretary, and the first woman ever to hold the post, arrived at her new quarters to find three battered red ministerial boxes on her desk. Their contents-essential reading to help her master her complex new brief-kept her busy until late in the evening. Then she returned to her London home and went to bed-to be woken a few hours later by the news that there had been an attempted car-bomb attack in the capital. Less than 12 hours after she'd taken office, Britain was facing...