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...Gibraltarians, though, there's little to sort out. They're British. A typical family living on this outcrop of pine-dotted rock at the mouth of the Mediterranean may have roots in Ireland, Italy, Malta, Morocco and, yes, Spain. But a stroll down Main Street shows that the biggest cultural influence has been Britain. Letters go into mailboxes - no, postboxes - marked with the Queen's monogram. Conversations, though in the vernacular Spanglish, are peppered with Briticisms like "bloke" and a car's "boot." And tea-time at the Rock Hotel means fresh scones and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts...
...having a great time. Unfortunately, the break had to be cut short because Hanson strained a muscle in his back while chainsawing some fallen trees. But in the time he was there, Rojas says he “really fell in love with the fresh air and the pine trees.” In fact, his experience has inspired him to seek employment as a summer camp counselor. “Outdoors all day with the sun,” he says, “sounds good...
...year and a half after the University of Indiana fired Bobby Knight, its legendary bully of a basketball coach, many Indianans still pine for his vitriolic courtside presence. But his successor, MIKE DAVIS, went some way in filling Knight's big sneakers last week when Indiana upset Duke, the defending national champion, 74-73 in the NCAA tournament. Davis grew up in crushing poverty in Alabama and had careers in football and basketball before he started coaching. An African American in a state with a history pockmarked by racism and a stutterer who struggles through press conferences, Davis has received...
Later in the show, members of the Harvard World Tae Kwon Do Federation broke one-inch pine boards and concrete slabs with their hands and feet...
...small stretch of pine trees at Dara, a village near Gardez, Special Forces and Afghan allies hunker down on a frontline. Al-Qaeda?s forward positions lie across a few hundred feet of rocky ground, in the first of the mountains of Shah-I-Kot. The sky is filled with light snow and the drone of U.S. strike aircraft pounding the white capped peaks above. Occasionally, the jagged walls of rock rumble with explosions, and belch plumes of black smoke. Within hours the ground attack will recommence. Led by U.S. soldiers, these bedraggled Afghan fighting men in dirty shalwar kameez...