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Military officers are notgenerally made for the limelight. But in 1970 lifelong Army officer Elizabeth Hoisington became an all-out celebrity--and a p.r. gem for General William Westmoreland, who was shown kissing her in newspapers across the country--when she and Anna Mae Hays became the first two women to attain the rank of brigadier general. Before that achievement, she ran the female military arm, abolished in 1978. During her tenure, women's positions, once largely secretarial, expanded to include jobs in air-traffic control and intelligence...
...volunteered with the Missionaries ofCharity for a month in the summer of 2001. Mother Teresa's letters reveal not a "darkness" but a vulnerability. I can only imagine the mental and spiritual fortitude that a lifelong commitment to oppressed people would demand. Each letter Teresa wrote was an attempt to sustain her spirit as she battled the effects of extreme poverty...
...What we hope to illustrate in this report is that the science of early brain development is really about the foundations of economic productivity and responsible citizenship and national security and lifelong physical and mental health,” said Jack P. Shonkoff, the director of Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child...
Still, even a start-up that blows up can be rewarding, so long as the risks are appropriate. Martin Lehman was 61 when he finally opened the doors to his first women's-apparel store in 1984, realizing a lifelong dream. After a long career as a retail executive ended when he lost his job in a merger, Lehman invested a quarter of his $1 million nest egg in his new venture. His business did fine, growing to six stores in six years. Then, he says, a nasty falling out with his partner forced them to sell at a loss...
...crowd, Altmire faced another question about "the mess in Iraq," this time from William Proch, 71, a retired steelworker. But when Altmire again mentioned Bush's veto, Proch grew angry, accusing Altmire of being "in lockstep with [Speaker of the House Nancy] Pelosi, putting our troops in danger." The lifelong Republican voted for Altmire in 2006 after GOP ethics scandals left him wanting a fresh face. But because he also wants more troops in Iraq, not fewer, Proch is feeling buyer's remorse...