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...Jump Street”) and still need your television fix, there is still one safe mainstay on television, guaranteed not to make you wish for a better anything: “The Sopranos.” I ended a five-week television drought to watch my first episode at a study break. The average Soprano is 30 percent overweight, heavily therapized and under FBI surveillance, with friends who die unexpectedly on a regular basis. I came out feeling great about myself—who needs more drama in Cambridge? Ah, if only my heater worked...
...Zimbabwe government for diverting food aid to President Robert Mugabe's supporters and ignoring opposition activists. Separately, the U.S. said it might take "intrusive" measures to ensure that food aid was properly distributed. Up to 6 million people have been hit by food shortages due to a prolonged drought and poor harvests from white-owned farms seized by the Mugabe government. PAKISTAN United Opposition General Pervez Musharraf postponed the opening of the new parliament after pro-democracy opposition parties said they would ally with Islamic groups to name a joint candidate for Prime Minister. Their choice, Maulana Fazlur Rahman...
...Senate as well as holding on to his own Appropriations Committee post. South Dakotans are keenly aware of what it means to have clout in Washington. The state receives more money than it remits in taxes, and with an aging population and large numbers of impoverished Native Americans and drought-stricken farmers, it needs those funds. Thune's campaign took a body blow when Bush, who has made three trips to South Dakota as President, neglected on his latest visit to offer any extra drought relief. When the President belatedly served up an aid package, Thune took credit for persuading...
...Senate as well as holding on to his own Appropriations Committee post. South Dakotans are keenly aware of what it means to have clout in Washington. The state receives more money than it remits in taxes, and with an aging population and large numbers of impoverished Native Americans and drought-stricken farmers, it needs those funds. Thune's campaign took a body blow when Bush, who has made three trips to South Dakota as President, neglected on his latest visit to offer any extra drought relief. When the President belatedly served up an aid package, Thune took credit for persuading...
...Qaeda: Deadly Cargo Afghanistan: Drug Drought South Asia: Ballots over Bullets India: Mother Teresa's Miracle...