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Mayo is a former lay minister whose brand of genial grievance would make him a perfect AM-radio host. He had long been a presence in the local Op-Ed pages, campaigning vigorously against everything from a porn store near the high school to an unsafe highway pass. He started speaking out on illegal immigration, hectoring elected officials and writing a stream of e-mails to local newspapers. Eventually he wrote a ballot initiative, a bill to levy fines against employers of illegal immigrants. He was outspent and outorganized by regional activist groups - he raised $430, they raised more than...
...from the Finnish Broadcasting Company (the "BBC of Finland," as she put it), who was dressed all in black, with a tight blond ponytail. The lights dimmed, a camera was pointed at them, and Paula started firing off questions about bank nationalizations and Barack Obama's budget. "In a perfect world, what would you do to save the economy of this nation?" she asked...
...doesn’t want to sound like a “sour loser,” he says, but he carefully suggests that the game wasn’t quite as fair as it should have been. According to Crocker, Nick had to play a “perfect game” but was obstructed by the numerous violations called against the team—and it probably didn’t help that one of the umpires was a former coach for UConn. Moreover, the opponent had been clearly bent on neutralizing the strongest player on the field...
...dramatic house might have lead to the recent rumors about vampires residing in the the house’s underground tunnels. While students have yet to start hanging cloves of garlic on their doors, the dim lighting and dark wood of the gloomy house, which could be the perfect setting for the “Twilight” sequel, only perpetuate the rumors. “Don’t vampires live in Adams House?” asks Hunter M. Richard ’12. “It has like an aura of spiritual darkness...
...soldiers jumped to their firing positions, and squad leaders started shouting mortar coordinates into their radios. "I can't see s___," said one. "Where's it coming from?" Reports of more fire came in from another base and observation post. This was a coordinated attack; the dense clouds provided perfect cover. A new command came over the radio: "If you see anyone standing outside of a building, consider it hostile intent and fire at will." A vicious burst of gunfire echoed from below the post, silenced only by the roar of mortars hitting the insurgents' suspected positions. Then...