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...Hancock, for instance, was sure he wanted to adopt a young child. Told he would be great with teens, Hancock, 42, an unmarried Tampa title examiner, said, "You're not going to pawn off one of your older kids on me." But when a persistent caseworker showed him a photo of Steven, 16, who had been in foster care since he was 6, Hancock and his sister-in-law, who provided moral support during the process, were charmed by a certain family resemblance. "He's one of us," they concluded. When Hancock and Steven met a week later, they developed...
...Soviet-era party boss, an image aided by his 6-ft.- 6-in., 240-lb. frame. That style goes down well in his conservative home base in the Donbass, Ukraine's industrial powerhouse, where the Russian-leaning (and -speaking) population tends to view his rival, Viktor Yushchenko, as a pawn of the West...
...Soviet-era party boss, an image aided by his almost 2 m, 109-kg frame. That style goes down well in his conservative home base in the Donbass, Ukraine's industrial powerhouse, where the Russian-leaning (and -speaking) population tends to view his rival, Viktor Yushchenko, as a pawn of the West. After what his official biography calls his "youthful indiscretions," Yanukovych worked as an engineer, a factory manager and the Governor of Donetsk before President Leonid Kuchma named him Prime Minister two years ago. Since then he has presided over dynamic economic growth and, more recently, doubled pensions. Despite...
...winning anything except the opportunity to have a devastatingly negative impact. Why should he be allowed that sort of influence? Go away, Nader, and stay away! Robert Bermudez Farmingdale, New York, U.S. Nader has sadly morphed from a selfless consumer advocate to a self-absorbed egoist and Republican pawn. His insatiable need to extend his 15 minutes of fame illustrates what a poor leader he would be. For those who question whether a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush, they need look no farther than the Oval Office. Spring Davis Durham, North Carolina, U.S. What Surveys Show...
...same time, he was also besting the old man by getting more of their wealth than his father ever did. If you happen to be an Indian, or even if you don't, you can't much enjoy the thought of native culture being reduced to a pawn in some white guy's father-son competition. But as it turns out, it's the Indians, by way of this museum, who are getting to make all the moves in the endgame. The showplace is directed, curated and staffed largely by Native Americans and conceived through years of consultation with tribal...