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...week that heaped torment on top of tragedy, the deck seemed especially stacked against the Nathans. The 20-member extended family, including a newborn, a great-grandmother and a pregnant 22-year-old, fought its way out of the swamped housing project, only to languish for days on dry ground. A harrowing bus ride took the Nathans to Texas--and more disappointment. But when all seemed lost, grace arrived in the form of a stranger who offered her home, and with it, the space to be a family again...
...cousin Rydell, both 18, had to jump from a third-story window into the 8-ft.-deep waters of the flooded city. The cousins, none of whom are strong swimmers, swam several blocks to get an abandoned boat and then spent nine hours ferrying family members to higher ground, helping others when they could...
...Financial markets are anticipating another rise in official interest rates this year. Having campaigned in 2004 on keeping interest rates low, Howard is acutely sensitive to a revolt from voters in urban-fringe electorates. An economic slowdown at home or overseas could also cut the ground from under the government. But the local economy has been so resilient for so long-like two burly and laconic Tasmanian miners-that few are expecting a messy end to the good times...
Garvey said that after he pushed Velissaris, Lane pushed him to the ground. He said Lane was then escorted by his teammates into Currier, while three other football players pinned Garvey against the bike rack on the front of his shuttle...
...diplomats meet at the United Nations this week to discuss the worsening financial crisis of the Palestinian Authority brought on by the Western blockade, a more pressing life-and-death situation seems to be developing on the ground...