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...people who never had attended caucuses before but figured that this year political participation was, for once, mandatory. And a very clear message was sent: Iowa, at least, was ready for a new generation of leadership. That had been Obama's intent from the start. In my earliest conversations with him, he had expressed frustration with the perennial, divisive baby boomer political battles - "the dorm fights of the '60s," he called them - and he had a perfect foil in Hillary Clinton, whose husband had been the first baby boomer President and whose tenure, in the 1990s, had been marked...
NASA's shuttle Atlantis was scheduled for a mission to the International Space Station on Dec. 9, but a faulty fuel gauge caused the launch to be postponed until January at the earliest. If the gauge had been fixed quickly, could the delay have been avoided? No. Blame orbital mechanics...
...sold at auction by Sotheby's New York last week for a record-shattering $57.2 million. Found at an archaeological dig near Baghdad, it is an extremely rare representation of the goddess - known elsewhere as Ishtar - in animal form. She is one of the earliest of the gods whose names have survived through history. Before her sale, the most expensive piece of sculpture of any period sold at auction was a piece by Pablo Picasso which went for $29 million. The previous antiquities record was set by a Roman bronze which sold for $28 million...
...Mike R. Liles said in a telephone interview.Now, Liles calls her parents almost daily, often to consult with them about the fine points of her routine. She says they have supported her twirling since she began at age nine; her mother even sewed her earliest costumes. Liles’ father used to drive her across the state to twirling competitions in Waco and Arlington. Liles fondly recalls how her father made traveling to a competition seven or eight hours away into a fun family excursion.But those days are now over. “Here in Texas it seems...
...Titus Andronicus” plays at the Loeb Experimental Theatre through December 15. Although the production lacks finesse, the cast and crew do creative justice to the play’s reputation as what is reputed to be Shakespeare’s earliest tragedy—and what is undoubtedly his bloodiest work...