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...plenty of dangerous characters still slip by. Two years ago, South Carolina passed a law requiring registration and background checks of professional and volunteer firefighters. Delaware already requires screening for ambulance drivers and a similar rule for firefighters is likely to follow. This week, delegates from 25 states will gather in New York City for the annual meeting of the NASFM, during which the topic of screening is expected to be widely discussed. "We're trying to develop some guidelines," says association attorney Tony Walker. Until that happens, fire marshals and local departments will have to continue warily policing their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firebugs in the Firehouse | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...those prospective students who attended Wednesday’s presentation, Miller encouraged them to stop by the admissions office to gather more information, and to attend one of the office’s daily information session about the College...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Officer Gives Tips On College Admissions | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...opportunity to meet hundreds of people from all walks of life. I took a two-week leave from the congressional campaign to help an organization trying to legalize marijuana in the state. With this group, I led a team to rural northern Nevada so we could gather enough signatures for the initiative to appear on the ballot. My crack team of volunteers consisted of a failed stand-up comic, an ex-felon who spent the 1990s in California State Penitentiary (a reformed pimp and carjacker), and his girlfriend. While this alone could have provided the plot for a bad movie...

Author: By Michael A. Capuano, | Title: Sweat, Campaigning In Vegas | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...mark of true transcendence is running alone. Nicklaus was great, but he ran with peers: Palmer, Player, Watson. Tiger has none. Of the past 11 majors, Woods has won seven. That means whenever and wherever the greatest players in the world gather, Woods wins twice and the third trophy is distributed among the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatness Gap | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. On Independence weekend, fiddlers from across North America will gather in Port Townsend for the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes. The fiddlers--experts on violin and banjo--will play traditional tunes from their hometowns across the U.S., Canada and Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Your Independence | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

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