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...raised in Costa Rica, Alpizar, who was 44, worked as a paint salesman at Home Depot and became a U.S. citizen several years ago. "He was very American," says Louis Gunther, whose house is directly across the street from Alpizar's. "He loved it here. He has a flag up in his backyard all the time." But Gunther and other neighbors say they were not aware of Alpizar's mental disorder, which does not surprise some mental-health experts. About 2.3 million Americans have bipolar disorder, a condition in which a person's mood can swing from depression to euphoria...
There was no particular reason for Steven J. McCormick's salary to raise a red flag. In fact, his 2003 remuneration as CEO of the Nature Conservancy, the world's largest environmental charity--at $275,000 plus health and retirement benefits--might even have seemed inadequate. With operations in 28 countries and claims of having nearly a million members, the Conservancy that McCormick was running was, after all, the nonprofit equivalent of a multinational. But it turned out that McCormick had also received a $75,000 sign-on bonus, $75,000 to cover living expenses, a $1.7 million loan...
...Republicans are preparing to retaliate by running a vomitous television ad portraying Dean, Kerry and others as "retreat and defeat" Democrats, waving the white flag of surrender. In this holiday season, out of respect for the dead and wounded, and the enormity of the tragedy, wouldn't it be nice if all those rabid partisans-on both sides-just gave it a rest for a while...
...Evangelicalism's core mission worries many believers, and raises concerns that should, some say, be discussed long past Christmas Sunday. "This is a terrible witness and a tacit admission that church is not important to us," says Witherington. "To Joe Secular, we might as well have put a white flag up on the church's front lawn...
...before heading back into their passionate self-indulgence. They were a modern-day Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, playing with delay pedals, riffing and rapping their sound into a violent moaning crescendo. Chief Hand convulsed in spasmodic ecstasy on the floor beneath the silver scarf of his tribal flag. “Now the secret’s out…no more secrets,” he whispered, as they handed out new albums to a sated crowd.Finally, after level-checking better suited to the night’s U2 show, the lights went out. In rolled Dinosaur...