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...bloodless coup, prefaced by weeks of rumors and military movements, is widely attributed to a feud between Qarase and Bainimarama over amnesty for the leaders of a 2000 coup, which Bainimarama had helped quell. Bainimarama placed Qarase under house arrest, dissolved Parliament, imposed a state of emergency and installed Jona Senilagakali as interim Prime Minister. Senilagakali, a military doctor with no political experience, told reporters that democratic elections could be as far as two years...
...Lookout Farm, guests arrive and choose a bag (small or large) to use for a full day of fruit-picking. This weekend Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Jona Gold apple varieties and Asian Pears, all for $1.50 per pound, are on the menu. The pumpkin patch is also open...
...with a wider audience, will contact Louisa Solano, president of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop. According to Sheri Sable, marketing director for the Harvard Book Store, authors participate in readings because reading in front of an audience tends to generate interest in and awareness about a newly published book. Jona Newhall, events coordinator for WordsWorth books, adds that book tours are a major part of the publishing industry...
That is, until my folks decided they liked the name so much that they printed it on the back of a couple t-shirts. What a mistake. I vividly remember arriving at camp one morning, only to hear the bullies chanting "Jona and the whale! Jona and the whale." Poor Jonathan cried all the way home and never wanted to returned to camp again. Of course, Mom shoved me onto the camp bus the very next day, and little Jona has lived with the name ever since...
...course, my father had to cal me "Jona" on the first day of Freshman Week--so one of my best friends at school picked up on that and has never let go. I actually love it when my buddy calls me that--it gives me a sense that I'm not too far from home. But I hated it when my former girlfriend said "Jona." She sounded like my annoying little sisters from years past, so I forbade her from using the nickname...