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...these stories you may have read in yesterday?s New York Times: about Jeremy Feldbusch, a wounded veteran of the Iraq invasion. He came to Iraq from Blairsville, Pa. - coal mining country. A wrestler from age 5 to 18, he got a B.S. in biology from the University of Pittsburgh. Soon after arriving in Iraq he was injured. "We were told by his doctors that the piece of shrapnel had gone under his goggles," says Jeremy?s brother Shaun, "and basically played ping-pong in his head? and he had damage to both sides of his frontal lobe." One tangible...
...from working with the new Hamas-led Palestinian government, Wolfensohn's job became untenable. Israeli papers report that Wolfensohn's decision also came in response to the U.S. - at the behest of Israeli officials - blocking a plan by Britain, the E.U. and the Arab League to have salaries of PA employees paid directly into their bank accounts, bypassing the Hamas administration. U.S. Treasury officials have warned that any banks processing such transactions would face sanctions from Washington, and none dared risk being shut out of the international finance system. That blocked a plan by Middle Eastern governments such as Iran...
...some of those early-literacy programs referred to as first and second grade. Too many parents feel that the early years are not important, that the child can "make it up later." How do I know? I taught third grade! Put the responsibility where it belongs: on Ma and Pa. I once made a father do detention to make up for the school his son missed. He did it! The principal nearly had a stroke, but the child's attendance improved remarkably. You should have enumerated "5 Things Parents...
KENNETH A. RUMBARGER Trooper, Pa...
PHIL ELBAZ Pittsburgh, Pa...