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...back in the dog days of summer 2007, the then just “Senator” Obama made a stop in my hometown of Birmingham, Ala. Flattered by the thought of a Democratic nominee spending even a second in the reddest of red states, I immediately knew that this guy was for real—just to provide a little scope, this was back when Obama was polling at 20 percent on a good day and Hillary and Edwards were duking it out at the top (oh, how much has changed...
...grief. As a Communist Party cadre from Beichuan, he was working in a village in nearby Xuanping prefecture when the tremors hit. The hamlet's 2,000 survivors were cut off from the outside world. For days there was no news from Beichuan. Finally, Zhang learned that his hometown had been flattened. "Everybody cried, but I couldn't cry," he says. "What would people think?" The next day Zhang trekked six hours to a rescue command center to get help for the villagers. People's Liberation Army helicopters arrived on May 18, bringing supplies and evacuating the injured. It would...
Zhang, 36, has little time for such expressions of grief. As a Communist Party cadre from Beichuan, he was working in a village nearby when the tremors hit. The hamlet's 2,000 survivors were cut off from the outside world. Finally Zhang learned that his hometown had been flattened. "Everybody cried, but I couldn't cry," he says. "What would people think?" The next day Zhang trekked six hours to get help. It would be more than a month until he was able to visit the remains of his home. His wife's and daughter's bodies were never...
House: Lowell! Concentration: Economics Hometown: Weston, Mass. Ideal Date: January 13 (the day after my thesis is due.) Second most ideal date: some creative sequence of events that costs under 10 dollars total. Stealing not allowed. What do you look for in a girl/guy: Genuine concern about something other than money and social status...and funny. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Look 2 places. 1) Wherever my boyfriend is. We’re in a very committed relationship. His name is Thesis. 2) Wherever you find The Seneca Your best pick up line: My great uncle founded...
Nevertheless, 54% of U.S. Catholic voters supported Obama, who is Protestant. That may give him the cover to move ahead with his pledges. An added twist to the Obama Administration will be its pro-choice Catholic Vice President, Joe Biden. Bishop Joseph Martino of Scranton, Pa., hometown of Biden, told his fellow bishops last week, "I cannot have a Vice President-elect coming to Scranton to say he's learned his values there when those values are utterly against the teachings of the Catholic Church." Another pro-choice Catholic, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, may be on the short list...