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...explosion happened in an instant. Late in the afternoon of June 9, on a beach in Beit Lahiya, a blast of heat and shrapnel killed seven members of a family who had gathered there for a picnic: Ali Ghaliya, five of his children and his second wife. His first wife and four more of his children were wounded, as were dozens of other people. A Ramattan News Agency cameraman rode to the scene with an ambulance. After arriving, he filmed Huda Ghaliya, 10, stumbling through the carnage, wailing and beating her chest, calling out for her dead father...
...Nutritionists have long called breakfast the most important meal of the day, but many kids still start their mornings at the service of Captain Crunch. To interest children in healthy cereal without subjecting them to the pebble-like texture of Grape Nuts, consider the new instant organic oatmeal produced by Country Choice, called Fit Kids. It doesn't have high fructose corn syrup or a lot of the artificial ingredients that fill other kids' cereals, and it has plenty of fiber, calcium and iron. Another quick and healthy option for breakfast: a simple five-ingredient smoothie, made with bananas, milk...
...election not only rejected their candidates but told them they no longer were part of American politics. “America is a conservative nation now,” the Reagan-blue electoral vote maps on TV screens told them, and all the instant analysts agreed. In fact, the system of government has become dominated by conservatives, for a time at least; but to take 1980 as proof that the nation as well has shifted irrevocably right is to ignore the election’s simple numbers and its circumstances. Reagan’s sweeping electoral victory translates...
...inexplicably elected a nuke-happy movie star from California. To this day, I associate that gloomy moment with the bleakly stirring sounds of the Clash’s 1980 “London Calling”: its images of a fascist clampdown and post-nuclear desolation suited the historical instant...
...become the enduring joke from my friends, there are times where by foolishnesses has become my escape. Irresponsibility has allowed me to disconnect, and I am all the more happy for it. It’s difficult to imagine life at Harvard without the Internet, cell phones, e-mail, instant messengers, and every other connectivity device. The proliferation of Blackberrys, Treos, and most recently, Moto Qs, have made our umbilical cords wireless, feeding off our addiction to mother e-mail. But life before these blessed, though burdensome, conveniences did exist. Without daily doses of Dems-talk, Throp-talk, Newstalk...