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...reported on every President since then. He went to Dallas with J.F.K., to China with Nixon, to Moscow's Red Square with Ronald Reagan. Yet he returned as often as he could to his hometown of Greenfield, Iowa, where his entry-level job in journalism was sweeping the floor at his family's beloved newspaper, the Adair County Free Press (still running strong, by the way, with brother Edwin as publisher...
...living-room couch, Todd and Jonah slept in the second bedroom, and Caroline bunked with Grandma. "It was tough, especially because the first night, Caroline came down with a stomach flu and was throwing up all night," Green recalls. "I put her on a mattress on the living-room floor, where I could take care of her," but Caroline, used to a crib, kept rolling off and waking up. Meanwhile, Jonah was restless on a cot and kept his dad from sleeping. So much for settling down for a long winter...
...edge of town, Dahlstrom parks an AES vehicle at Irritek, a company that makes and supplies agricultural irrigation equipment. General manager James von Drehnen is committed to the AES. "Real jobs move a community forward," he says on a break from the busy factory floor. "Getting youngsters through the door, who will give you a four-year commitment for an apprenticeship, is the hard part." Von Drehnen says the AES can be too soft on its placements, delivering their lunch or driving them to work - generally making life too easy for them. He looks to senior men such as Nigel...
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me four times on my home floor, shame on me. A number of second-chance opportunities helped Fairfield (1-2) beat the Harvard women’s basketball team (2-2) 71-58 in the Crimson’s home opener on Sunday afternoon in Cambridge, dropping the Crimson to 0-4 all-time against the Stags at Lavietes Pavilion. Fairfield won the battle on the glass, outrebounding Harvard 43-40, and that helped generate points on the offensive end. The Stags more than doubled Harvard in second-chance points, posting 16 compared...
...control of a close contest in the game’s latter stages, outscoring the Aggies (0-3) by 36-24 in the second half.The Crimson was carried down the stretch by captain Matt Stehle, who scored a season-high 20 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free throw line. It looked as though the senior forward would be neutralized when, early in the second half, he picked up his third foul on a charging call and headed to the bench. Just six minutes later, however, Stehle returned and quickly helped...