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...nation, who took up the lonely job of utility lineman when he dropped out of college. Although he won a seat in Congress six times, he didn't have to work at it the way some lawmakers did. He easily rolled up huge margins in his Republican-tilted Wyoming district that literally covered the whole state. Personal charm wasn't so much Cheney's secret - the census was. In those days, everyone in Wyoming pretty much knew everyone else. Most years Cheney outpolled his rivals by more than...
...threat. But the slender former bank clerk is a leading light of a community that some view with fear. Like more than 150,000 Poles, she now lives - and works - in Ireland. In January, more than 1,000 of her compatriots converged on Dublin's Temple Bar district to attend an annual fund raiser for children's hospitals in Poland. The event took place at one of Ireland's best-known concert venues, adorned with posters of Van Morrison and U2. Polish and Irish performers shared the stage as young Poles swilled Guinness and inducted their Irish friends into...
Fowler-Finn’s presentation also highlighted the negative impact of charter schools on the district’s budget. Next year’s budget will suffer a $1.1 million loss due to Cambridge students leaving the district to attend those schools. Charter schools will cost the district $5 million over the next four years, Fowler-Finn projected...
Other members of the committee lauded the budget’s creativity in creating new programs while growing only two percent. The budget includes 18 new programs in addition to six new district-wide programs, according to committee member Nancy Walser...
Flowers and candles left on the sidewalk normally signify the mourning of sudden death by violence or accident. But in Copenhagen's Norrebro district, this week, they marked the passing of a controversial, 25-year old refuge for rebellious young malcontents that has improbably become a cause celebre across Europe...