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National Rifle Association (NRA) President Sandra S. Froman returned to her alma mater last night to lash out at New Orleans’ response to post-Hurricane Katrina security. Speaking at Harvard Law School, Froman—who received her Harvard JD in 1974—criticized New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s decision to confiscate guns from residents immediately following the natural disaster, and she said the New Orleans government demonstrated that it was “profoundly incompetent” through its response. “The violations of due process are so egregious that...
...America's gay and lesbian citizens." He now says he opposes Roe v. Wade and describes himself as "a champion of traditional marriage." In Massachusetts, he bucked the National Rifle Association by supporting the Brady Bill and an assault-weapons ban, boasting, "I don't line up with the NRA." Lately he brags that he has joined the gun-rights organization as a life member. He did that in August...
...Black Halloween animal (CAT or BAT) French 101 word (LUI or OUI) Provider of support, for short (IRA or BRA) Sewing shop purchase (YARN or YARD) Short writings (BITS or BIOS) Trumpet (BOAST or BLAST) Much-debated political inits. (NRA...
...child soldiers during his senior year in high school when he read an article about Sierra Leone’s conflicts, which inspired a short story. In 2002, as president of the Harvard African Students Association, he invited China Keitetsi, a former member of the National Resistance Army (NRA) in Uganda and former child soldier, to speak, which only increased his interest. “I got the opportunity to speak to her one-on-one,” he says, “and when I told her that my parents wanted me to be a doctor she said...
...common-sense vision. But we won’t convince anyone until we act like we actually believe in that vision. That means taking some risks. Dean captured people’s hearts with his candor and conviction. Sure, Democrats loved his opposition to the Iraq war, while his NRA-friendly views on gun control… not so much. But we respected him because he stood by his beliefs. He kept it real, and his straight talk inspired people who were turned off by politics-as-usual. He wasn’t Bill (or Tupac), but Dean drew rallies...