Word: neighborism
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...least Texas. "The farthest of the U.S. far right--that's what [he] means when he says it's time for a change in Canada," Martin told supporters in Toronto. "Well, let me tell you something ... That's not the kind of change that Canadians want. America is our neighbor. It is not our nation...
...tiny relief plane in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, just six days after the 2004 tsunami devastated the area, he finds himself next to a loud, officious-seeming, irascible man in a safari suit, his hair carefully oiled. The visiting writer tries to sidle away, but soon his obstreperous neighbor is sharing his complaints with him. Only as they continue talking does Ghosh begin to realize that the man is, in fact, an epidemiologist, and has lost his wife, his daughter, the whole careful life he has built up, in the tragedy. The loudness, Ghosh comes to recognize, is only...
...lead as low as 1% while others have it as high as 7%. His left-wing, anti-U.S. positions (which he describes nevertheless as "respectful") have given his candidacy momentum, especially in light of the unproductiveness of President Vicente Fox's "amigo" policies towards the big neighbor to the north. Fox's own party, the right-wing Partido Accion Nacional (PAN), repudiated the President's handpicked candidate, Interior Secretary Santiago Creel, for the nomination, choosing instead Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, a former head of PAN who is running second or third in most of the polls. Calderon alternates places...
...take only a handful of children; he would come right back for the parents. Reluctant but seeing the floodwaters about to swallow their home, Williams tearfully put De'Monte, 6, and his 5-month-old brother Da'Roneal (on floor at left) aboard, along with two cousins and three neighbor children, all ranging in age from 14 months to 3 years. The chopper flew off--but it never returned for the parents. Moved PermanentlyMoved Permanently
Fearing just that, neighbor Sharon Parker had 13 family members huddled in her house. Then, says Parker, 47, "we saw Richard wearing his gear and heading for the water. The kids thought it was hilarious, but we all know that what he did saved our homes." Says Jones: "I just did what I thought needed to be done for my neighbors and my house, and I had the skill and equipment to do it." Jones' home suffered $30,000 in damage and has had to have its roof replaced. Parker says the bravery is typical of Jones, who after...