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...from Illinois like a rock star, with a standing ovation at a sprawling official convention luncheon. His book is about the future of American democracy. His inspirational earlier book, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance," was a bestseller. In a BookExpo crowd of political types (Pat Buchanan, Arianna Huffington, Terry McAuliffe, and the like), Obama enjoyed triple the buzz. The celebrated keynote speaker's fame should take this more policy-oriented book...
...left Atlantic City out. "We don't have a monopoly on Monopoly," says Jeff Vasser, who heads the city tourist authority. "But we were a little put off." He's sending Hasbro a petition with 5,000 signatures calling for a Here & Now square to feature A.C. Hasbro spokeswoman Pat Riso says the flagship game will stay all A.C., and no tweaks to the new one will be made. Vasser offers a compromise: Instead of "just visiting the jail, how about 'just visiting Atlantic City...
...Paradise, of course, is a relative term. And in their African paradise, the Canadians saw little besides fresh mangoes and a swinging ex-pat nightclub scene. Amidst all their caring, none of them studied Swahili, preventing them from communicating with those they ostensibly wanted to help...
...plan does have its detractors, who see it as shot through with loopholes, not least because soda represents less than half of school vending-machine sales, with fatty and sugary snacks making up the rest. And since school administrators are hardly likely to conduct beverage pat-downs, nothing will prevent kids from bringing sodas to school or ducking out to a 7-Eleven for a midday sugar shot. "The soda agreement looks like a step in the right direction," says Marion Nestle, nutrition expert at New York University, "but I can't help being skeptical...
...membership of Christian Impact (CI) and Athletes in Action—which are largely evangelical in membership—has nearly doubled over the last six years from 75 to 140, says Pat McLeod, the Harvard United Ministry chaplain for the national Christian organization Campus Crusade for Christ...