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...hurricane, the delay caused by the debris threatened to mar what has otherwise been a successful mission. After a four-year delay following the destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia, astronauts have finally resumed the construction of the International Space Station, installing 35,000 pounds of solar arrays and trusses. Fourteen more missions are needed to finish the job by 2010, when the shuttle will be retired...
...Fourteen years after Princess Diana's good friend James Gilbey committed the lèse majesté of referring to Her Royal Highness as "Squidgy" in a bugged phone conversation, the British royal family has again fallen victim to a wiretapping scandal. Last week, London's Metropolitan Police [an error occurred while processing this directive] arrested journalist Clive Goodman, chief royal correspondent at Britain's largest Sunday tabloid, the News of the World (NOTW), for allegedly obtaining private information by hacking into mobile-phone voice-mail messages of top aides of Prince Charles. The Scoop: Why the arrest? According...
...twisted hair, colorful “chitenge” (skirt) and sorrowful eyes, Jean paints the picture of a powerless African refugee, rather than a crusader for justice. And because Jean is both of these things, she is now in serious danger.A few months ago, Jean’s fourteen-year-old daughter Dayaka was raped in Meheba Refugee Camp. She is now pregnant, out of school, and severely depressed. Her desperate mother has gone to the police, camp NGOs, and even UN representatives without any response. She has written countless letters to the leaders of these organizations, demanding justice...
Hall came to Harvard a loner, with few friends his own age. He had attended preparatory school at Phillips Exeter Academy, and had known he was serious about poetry he was fourteen. But before Harvard, Hall had never met anyone else who wanted to be a poet...
...allowed to eat at the dining hall, which attracts a very diverse group of students, both kosher and non-kosher. “No one has more of a right to eat at a dining hall than anyone else,” Herbstman said. “There are fourteen dining halls [for undergraduates] and Hillel is one of them.” Herbstman added that one of the greatest benefits of Hillel’s dining hall is the community it creates. “The fact that so many people really like to eat at Hillel and find...