Word: leone
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...DIED. LEON SHENANDOAH, 81, Tadadaho (political and spiritual leader) of the four-century-old Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy; in Syracuse, New York...
...were peacefully sitting in the bus going to Leon, a city in northern Spain, when someone suggested we all sing songs to pass the time. There was one catch: The students from each country had to sing a song distinctive of their homeland. The Russians went first and sang an old folk song. The Germans followed with a rendition of their national anthem. The Americans were next. What would we sing...
...surprised to see that between the city streets and sun-bleached countryside, there was nary a green-grassed suburb. I was even more astonished by the absence of safety fencing around the steep cliffs of the mountain ranges in northern Spain. Living with a Spanish family in Leon, where I've been studying language and literature, has been the biggest shock of all. In spite of all its old stone buildings and spacious parks, Leon feels nothing like a normal (American) city. It has only 150,000 inhabitants, and life moves at a comfortable pace. Stores close...
...course, this environment would be the norm for many other Spaniards. It probably wouldn't faze an Italian either. But for an American, especially one from New Jersey and Harvard, living in Leon has been like living on another planet. It has forced me to evaluate the way Americans do things with a more critical eye--and sometimes Spain seems the more sane country. For instance, why are Americans obsessed with getting drunk--something that is considered unpleasant and unhip in Spain? Why are there so many restrictive laws and so many lawsuits in America? And why are Americans such...
EAST MORICHES, N.Y.: A chemical residue was found on some victims' bodies and on plane parts recovered from the wreckage site of TWA Flight 800, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta told reporters Tuesday, but it is still unclear whether the residue comes from a bomb or is simply the result of an explosion after a mechanical failure -->