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...year. Trips don't come cheap: a round-trip ticket - most likely by cruise ship - to the bottom of the earth can cost between $5,000 and $10,000. Nevertheless, at least five people have been born in Antarctica, the first being Argentinian Emilio Marcos Palma, whose mother, Silvia Morella de Palma, flew there to give birth in order to beat Chile in having the first Antarctica-born baby, on Jan. 7, 1978 - marking the southernmost birth in history. And despite not having much of a local economy, Antarctica still boasts a postal service, including branches of the U.S. Postal...
...here just to hole up in my own little world,” he said. “The students are a big attraction for me to come and talk and learn from them.” Yepsen will be joined by, among others, Connie A. Morella, a former U.S. ambassador to the 30-country Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and a longtime Republican representative of Maryland in the U.S. Congress. Drawing from her experience in American politics, Morella will head a study group on the past, present, and future of political moderates in Congress...
...visiting fellows are: Dimitrus Avranopoulos, former mayor of Athens; Jeff Blodgett, campaign manager for former Senator Paul Wellstone; Glen Browder, a former member of Congress from Alabama; Andrew Cuomo, former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Ron Kirk, former mayor of Dallas; Constance Morella, a former member of Congress from Maryland; Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans; Zvi Rafiah, former Israeli diplomat and Swift...
...Maryland Morella vs. Van Hollen The race between Republican Rep. Connie Morella and Democratic challenger Chris Van Hollen has been tight all along, ever since redistricting pulled more Democrats into the eight-term incumbent Morella's once-solidly GOP district. A win here for the Democrats would be historic; with that in mind, Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been on hand stumping for Van Hollen...
Mark's candidacy presents an excruciating dilemma for many Maryland Democrats. His primary opponent is State Senator Christopher Van Hollen, 42, a hero to environmentalists, education groups and gun-control advocates--the voters that Democrats will need to defeat Morella. There's talk of a Solomonic solution: redistricting Montgomery County into two so that Van Hollen can run in the heavily Democratic parts and Shriver can vie with Morella for the rest. If that doesn't happen, Kathleen could lend a hand by tapping Van Hollen for the second spot on her ticket. It helps to have friends--and especially...