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Some Gloucestermen bitterly blame their plight on the insurance companies, whom they perceive as greedy and heartless. But many concede that the premium jumps are justified. "In a way," says Joseph Giacalone, 52, whose 74-ft. St. Peter, built in 1927, is one of the oldest boats in the fleet, "I guess you could say that the fishermen, or at least some of them, brought this on themselves...
Desirée Bell has recognized her error and tried to give her son the extra attention he needs. Not all teenagers do. According to the Children's Aid Society in New York City, one of the oldest family agencies in the country, a large number of babies delivered to teenage mothers wind up in foster care. "Teenagers get excited about this little, adorable person that's all theirs," explains Barbara Emmerth of the New York City-based Citizens' Committee for Children, "but when the kid is in the terrible twos and the mother wants to go out on dates instead...
...grandfather. Joseph de Graft, a Dutch slave trader and an ancestor of Eshun's on his mother's side, settled in Ghana in the 1750s and married a local chief's daughter. When De Graft left for the Netherlands, his slave-trading business continued to thrive, maintained by his oldest son. "What's it like to discover your ancestor was a slave trader?" he writes. "The disgust is overpowering. You cannot stop thinking about the men and women he sold on to the ships. And whether the responsibility for his actions runs through your blood." Eventually, Eshun comes to accept...
...blunt him, they will have taken a huge stride toward ending Australia's run of eight consecutive Ashes victories. Publicly, the England camp has been circumspect about its chances. Mostly it's been lauding Australia, which has lost just seven of its last 40 Tests against its oldest rival - and 17 of its last 100 against all countries. Only in April, the England and Wales Cricket Board set 2009 as the date by which the No. 2-ranked England would be ready to claim the top spot. Considering there'll be two Ashes series in the meantime, many Australians would...
...Crimson varsity crossed the line more than 12 boat lengths ahead of Yale. Harvard tacked on nine more boat lengths of open water in the last two miles. The time was the 13th fastest in the Harvard-Yale regatta, the oldest collegiate athletic competition. Yale finished...