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...audience to join him at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28 to show Washington that something needs to be done. The words resonated with Scott Hand, 39, a delivery driver from Rochester: "I'm on edge. It's time to go to Washington and stomp my foot on the ground and say, 'Hey, quit spendin' my money, our money...
...picture of Salinger that Maynard draws for us is of a man preoccupied by homeopathic medicine who had a diet regimen built around vegetables and ground lamb cooked at very low temperatures. He loved certain TV programs - The Andy Griffith Show, The Lawrence Welk Show - and had reels of old Hollywood movies that he projected at home. He wrote every day, but the unpublished work was stored away in a large safe that occupied a good part of one bedroom. She tells us that because she found sexual intercourse with Salinger too painful and frightening to complete, she remained...
...cameras and news media leave is Partners In Health, an NGO that has been operating in Haiti for 25 years delivering free medical care to the rural poor. Before the earthquake struck on Jan. 12, PIH had more than 100 doctors, 600 nurses, and 4,000 employees on the ground in Haiti working from 12 existing PIH medical facilities. It has since established field hospitals in Port-au-Prince, and supported 20 operating rooms in the country. It is organizations like Partners In Health that are clearly in Haiti for the long haul and should be supported in the coming...
...Union address, it was the third time that Obama had addressed a joint session of Congress in prime time. The first, in February 2009, was an introduction, a statement of goals and principles. The second, in September, was a defensive play, an attempt to reclaim the high ground on health care, which had begun to slip away. This third time was a declaration of his having survived his first serious setback and of his determination to keep trying...
...SUNDAY Catch Kyrgyzstan's national sport, ulak tartysh, at the hippodrome on the west side of town. Teams of riders vie to grab the corpse of a headless goat from the ground at full gallop and heave it into a vat. The big contests are held during the Nooruz Festival (March 21) and Kyrgyz Independence Day (Aug. 31), but smaller events take place at other times...