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...Minister Tony Blair's early departure from office [Feb. 19] stated, "Blair continues to work to secure his legacy as one of Britain's most successful premiers ever - presiding over continuous economic growth, pushing through record spending on health and education, moving within sight of a peace deal in Northern Ireland" This Labour government has been an unmitigated disaster. Most of England cannot wait to see the back of Blair. The trouble is, dour Scotsman Gordon Brown will be no better. Rob Alp Arundel, England...
...stains and metal shavings and brought it to the sheriff's department, says Hackel. Grant's husband Stephen had appeared frequently on local television after his wife's disappearance pleading for her return. But after police discovered the his wife's remains hidden in the garage, Grant fled to northern Michigan, where he was later found wandering shoeless in a snowed-in wooded area. As he was treated for frostbite, Grant admitted to strangling his wife and dismembering her body at his family's tool-and-die shop. Grant then put several pieces of his wife in garbage bags, scattering...
Something very real did happen 25 centuries ago in a narrow pass on Greece's northern coast called Thermopylae--the name means "the hot gates." In August of 480 B.C., a force of about 7,000 Greek soldiers assembled there, including 300 Spartans under the leadership of their king, Leonidas. The Spartans were sick, scary fighters, brutally trained from childhood, the ancient equivalent of special forces. They were there to meet an army of more than 250,000 Persians under the command of King Xerxes...
...Toward the northern edge of Bennelong, the sprawling Macquarie Centre is a temple to the boom in consumer spending that has re-kitted Australia in the Plasma Age; in the food court, Anglo-Australians eat noodles and Indochinese go for burgers, fried chicken and donuts. It's retail Disneyland, free of menace, with a throng of brisk walkers. Shoppers here have money but not a lot of time. Howard is a security blanket for the striving class. People feel that he is not only sympathetic to their ends, he is prepared to support the means as well. Life for swing...
...This “Night” differed from the first by incorporating tours of the Busch-Reisinger Museum for Germanic Art from Northern and Central Europe, in addition to student-led tours of the Fogg. The event also provided students with a sneak peak at the Busch-Reisinger’s new exhibition “Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus,” which opened last Saturday...