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DeLay, who was in Congress for 21 years, must still fight the Texas charges that cost him his post as majority leader last September. He will be long remembered for the big grin he struck in his mug shot when he was booked. "I said a little prayer before I actually did the fingerprint thing and the picture," he said. "My prayer was basically, 'Let people see Christ through me. And let me smile.' Now, when they took the shot from my side, I thought it was the fakiest smile I'd ever given. But through the camera...
...works on the line and earns less than $10 an hour. On Saturdays and Sundays, he trains new employees at the local Arby's. In all, he takes home about $23,000 a year. He would like to go to college someday, he says with a slightly embarrassed grin, to study criminology. He wants...
...Some 400 to 600 new private cars roll onto the city's streets every day. Narain and Lal don't claim to have slowed global warming. But their efforts have attracted requests for advice from as far away as Kenya and Indonesia. "Delhi leapfrogged," Narain says with a grin. "People noticed." --By Alex Perry/New Delhi...
...fireman’s hold over their shoulder.One female cadet struggles to reach the finish line, and the waiting men cheer encouragement. There’s plenty of laughter, but, considering how the cadets are holding each other, none of it is especially awkward. Only one female cadet grins self-consciously as her male partner cradles her against his chest with competent arms.A DUAL LIFE One thing conspicuously missing from these male-female interactions is flirtation. This is not a formal rule, says Captain Eric McKinney, one of the adult officers who runs the ROTC program. Cadets are allowed...
...gifts I’ve been given,” he says. “I decided to go because I support the war, and I support everything this nation has been through with the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq.” With a grin, Wheeler maintains that he’s still the fun-loving guy that all his friends knew in college, but just has significantly less time to party these days. SILENT SERVICEUnlike tattoo-clad Delany, Joseph K. Cooper ’07 tends to refrain from advertising his past military service. After...