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...this success and profile that have earned a young Hamilton comparisons with other sporting greats. His color - Hamilton's grandfather came to Britain from Grenada in the '50s - and the positive influence of his father, Anthony, have drawn parallels with Tiger Woods. Hamilton acknowledges that his participation could stoke interest among ethnic groups who may not be into the sport now. "Hopefully people that can relate to [me] will see that it's possible and also try to get into the sport," he told the BBC. Moreover, his youth, good looks and wholesome image are also likely to get marketers...
...from a family member are not there. There is a wonderful photograph of Gandhi cuddling young Rajmohan on his lap, but barely any family lore-puzzling, given how much access Rajmohan must have had to his grandfather's siblings, nieces and nephews. Little is said about the author's father, Devdas (a favored youngest son and activist), or his maternal grandfather, the brilliant Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, second governor-general of independent India and one of Gandhi's closest aides...
Following a whirlwind tour of Latin America, Father Roy Bourgeois stopped in Cambridge yesterday to spread his message about the need to shut down a military training facility run by the U.S. Army for Latin American soldiers. Bourgeois spoke in Emerson Hall last night of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), its predecessor the School of Americas, and their notoriety for allegedly teaching torture techniques to its students and graduating a number of infamous dictators. Hosted by Harvard College Student Advocates for Human Rights and co-sponsored by The Latino Political Coalition, Bourgeois described his experiences...
...Keith Richards has never been known for mainstream values, but he is a family man of sorts: he told NME magazine that he snorted the ashes of his dead father. Quoth Richards: "I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow." Trying to rehab Richards' rep, a spokesman later called it a joke. SCORE...
...coming to harm her 4-year-old daughter, Angelica. Blaming her husband’s malignant intentions, she turns to the advice of a neighborhood spiritualist. The ghost story is told first from the perspective of Constance, then of spiritualist (and proto-feminist) Anne Montague, then of Joseph Barton, father and husband, and finally of Angelica Barton herself, who turns out to be the surprise narrator behind all the voices of the novel. Phillips writes in a subtle style that lends the book a charmingly haunted feel. The mystery narrator flits in and out, addressing the reader in one sentence...