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...older brother and I were feral, free-range children, independent at ages eight and ten in a way that seems strange or impossible now. We engaged from time to time in juvenile gang warfare. We had vicious rock fights with boys from another side of the park, over by Mount Pleasant Street. We combatants were all white boys, scruffy little Dead End kids. One day I outflanked a boy in the woods and sidearmed a perfect strike at his head with a rock the size of a plum. It struck him on the temple. He clutched his head...
Consider a country that the IMF and World Bank regard as a success: Tanzania, the vast East African nation that is among the poorest places in the world. Best known to Americans for Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti Plain, it has been stable and relatively peaceful since it gained independence in 1961. For two decades, it steered a course of self-reliant socialism--a one-party government controlled the economy, taxed mightily and spent lavishly; its literacy rate was among the highest in Africa. But by the mid-1980s, Tanzania's economy was flat-lining, with hyperinflation, huge budget...
Dartmouth would mount a small comeback early in the third quarter with a pair of goals to cut the lead...
...ruling presents a major headache for Reno, who had hoped to fortify her resolve to reunite the boy and his father with a court order. With Juan Miguel Gonzalez having agreed to remain in the U.S. pending the outcome of the appeal, pressure will now mount on Reno to bring that to fruition. But the Miami relatives have insisted that won't happen unless Reno sends federal marshals through the throng around Lazaro's house to collect the boy. Reno has faced mounting criticism inside the Justice Department for the lack of follow-through on her threats to enforce...
After Brown tied the game in their half of the sixth inning, the Crimson put the game away for good with some timely hits by sophomore Cherry Fu and freshman Tiffany Whitton in a two-run seventh. Brown failed to mount a comeback in the game's final inning, falling by a final score of 5-3 in the close game...