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...dollars in aid, recovery programs with catchy names, and an outpouring of volunteer effort, New Orleans is not recovering from Hurricane Katrina,” wrote Associated Press correspondent Brian Schwaner in an article last August that applies just as well today. “Beyond the happy mayhem of the French Quarter, entire neighborhoods are in ruins and the business district sags from the shattered economy. Thousands of people are homeless and squatting in vacant and storm-damaged properties, some just a few blocks from City Hall.” Returning to the French Quarter, I realized how suspended...
...banned, and those who are strong in the rain. The first impulse of Räikkönen's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa, on the other hand, is to max out acceleration, regardless of the conditions, and few were surprised by the Brazilian's involvement in the first-lap mayhem in Melbourne, nor his spinout on lap 31 in Sepang, where he appeared to have second place (and a one-two finish for Ferrari...
...Chaney’s charges focus on the projector screen as the well-muscled Leonidas—star of the mayhem-laden film “300”—claws his way up a bare rock face. The Spartan commander has only a cloak and a loincloth to protect him from the elements. Despite his formidable abdominals, the climb seems to be giving him some trouble...
...many of the Australian soldiers who served in Iraq in early 2005, the bloody mayhem they were embroiled in was something they hoped to forget. But last week a landmark lawsuit in Australia brought it all back at a time when many are struggling to deal with the mental trauma of their war service...
...Robert I. Rotberg, director of the Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution. “She is successfully improving security, jump-starting the economy, transforming agriculture, and, most of all, giving her people a sense of hope after years of mayhem,” Rotberg said. Johnson-Sirleaf has also set a precedent for collaboration between Harvard and Liberia. Swanee Hunt, Director of the Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program, said she has hosted Johnson-Sirleaf in her home during recent visits. Hunt said that a stream...