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...were less fortunate. The quake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, struck before dawn. Most of the houses in Kembaran were reduced to rubble. In Yogyakarta's immediate region, the disaster claimed nearly 6,000 lives and leveled an estimated 135,000 homes. But Lantip's was unharmed. "We knew then," he says, "that we had chosen the right man to build our house...
...David knew he was David Halberstam, in that he knew he could honor people and ensure a forgotten war would no longer be forgotten,” Power said...
...presidential election. “I’m not going to endorse anybody just yet,” said Greg Ballard, mayor-elect in Indianapolis, Ind. “As a newly elected mayor, it’s not like I have a lot of power. Nobody knew me six months ago,” he said jokingly. Newberry agreed that mayors should not focus on national issues at first. “I think mayors, more than any other elected officials in the country, have an opportunity to change the quality of life in their communities...
...Bryan had put on his Harvard-preppy look: white button-up, Harvard sweatshirt, tight jeans. An earring glinted in each ear. He was ready. The football teams would compete in the stadium, this time for the 124th year, but Barnhill had his own game to play, and he knew the rules...
...Growing up in the East Side of Detroit—regularly ranked among America’s most dangerous cities—Barnhill knew which houses to avoid: the abandoned building next door, the house down the block where the crack addicts gathered to buy drugs. Many windows on the street were shattered...