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...lifetime education administrator from Florida used to run the Fort Myers schools. When she arrived in Cambridge five years ago, she was deposited in a district splintered by political factions, where the school committee shares the stakes with groups of diehard parents...
DIED. VINNETTE CARROLL, 80, the first African-American woman to direct a Broadway show; in Fort Lauderhill, Fla. After directing the 1972 musical revue Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Carroll conceived Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, a Tony-winning, gospel-tinged tale of the Gospel according to St. Matthew...
...districts of Nozhai-Yurt and particularly Vedeno, about 50 km southeast of Grozny, the base for resistance to the Russians for nearly two centuries. Basayev reportedly moves between the two areas, but usually keeps close to Vedeno, his home village. The village still has the remains of a fort built by another Shamil, the great rebel of the 19th century Caucasus. That Shamil eventually surrendered, was exiled in comfort to the Russian provinces and died peacefully 12 years later. This Shamil is unlikely to be offered such a choice. - By Paul Quinn-Judge/Moscow IRAN Revolution returns Thousands of university...
...Muhammad made what would be one of many radical breaks from his life. He separated from Carol Williams, converted to Islam, left the National Guard and joined the Army. The job change even cut him loose from his hometown, sending him to Fort Lewis, Wash. Three years later, Muhammad had completely reinvented himself. He married Mildred Green, who had followed him from Louisiana. Both became members of the Nation of Islam and attended a Seattle mosque...
...unprotected database can seem like Fort Knox compared with wireless communications. "On a wired or fiber system, there's a physical path that someone has to penetrate. With wireless, the geographic area and the technology to access it are much, much broader," says Noel Matchett, president of Information Security, based in Silver Spring, Md., and a former National Security Agency cryptographer...