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Maupin arrived in Iraq last February. Most of his unit was based near Baghdad, attached to various support commands. One of its key missions was to protect the civilian convoys that bring everything from beans to bullets to U.S. forces scattered around Iraq. Because of their vulnerability, the convoys are key targets for insurgents. In the three letters Maupin, who had never traveled by plane before enlisting, wrote his mother, homesickness came through. "Hey Mom--I wouldn't come here on a bet--this place sucks," he wrote. ("He never used that word before," Carolyn says.) "I just want...
...maid in the upscale home of successful chef John Clasky (Sandler) and his high-strung wife Deborah (Leoni). They don't speak Spanish and Flor doesn't know a word of English - it's a comedy of confusion. But with a message: Between the laughs, Flor struggles to protect her humble values and shield her daughter from the corrupting power of money. Vega's faltering English didn't deter director James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good as It Gets) from casting her. "I knew [Brooks] had been looking for somebody for a long time," says Vega. "They called...
...Winter Concert, teachers need to be eternally sensitive to religious issues as well. This is an arena where parents are often as concerned about content as grades, as in the debate over creationism vs. evolution vs. intelligent design, for instance. Teachers say they have to become legal scholars to protect themselves in a climate where students have "rights." Jaber-Ansari was challenged for hanging Bible quotes on her classroom walls. But she had studied her legal standing, and when she was confronted, "the principal supported me 100%," she says...
Romney’s statement followed the introduction of a bill on Wednesday by Massachusetts Senate President Robert E. Travaglini that would facilitate and further protect stem cell research...
...They should try to protect [Chen], not bust him,” Shah said...