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...news, a feud between its coach, Australian Greg Chappell, and its captain, Sourav Ganguly, has become more captivating than any test match. During the team's tour to Zimbabwe last month, an outraged Ganguly told the Indian press that Chappell was demanding he resign as captain; Ganguly threatened to quit the team in protest. Days later, in an e-mail to India's cricket board which was leaked to the media, Chappell described the 32-year-old as "struggling," "fragile" and "nervous" and suggested he needed to step down as captain to focus on improving his game. The bust...
...couldn't. We agreed to pay our daughter's share until graduation. After the lease ended, I notified the landlord of nonrenewal, but the girls stayed while looking for new places. My daughter started working and was to pay her share, but then she got sick and had to quit her job. The girls just moved out. My daughter now tells me that while her roommate waited for a check that never arrived, they paid no rent. For nearly three months, they ignored notices from the landlord, who is demanding the rent plus penalties--several thousand dollars. Am I responsible...
...that many women at the nations most elite colleges say they have already decided that they will put aside their careers in favor of raising children. A number of womenall students at Ivy League collegesare quoted discussing their plans to go on to law school or business school, quit to raise kids, and maybe work part-time later. The article discusses the new realism instilled in young women today who were raised by the first generation of working mothers and who know that you cant do both. So now, more and more women are coming to terms with reality...
...ready to roll in 16 minutes, "we still haven't gotten the order-officially," said Aungst, rolling his eyes. Later, Dennis Waldbillig of Cincinnati explains. "We're all get up and go type of guys, and sitting around is tough. But we have to wait for the storm to quit," he says. Then "they got to find the places that we're needed. Once you find them, we're going...
...testify before the House select committee looking into the government's Katrina response. The chair, Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), said Brown agreed to appear voluntarily. The former director can be expected to elaborate on an interview he gave the New York Times two days after he quit, in which he blamed Louisiana state officials but also made it clear that the administration responded sluggishly after he told top officials that "things were going to Hell in a handbasket" in Louisiana. David Marin, the select committee's staff director, said members will begin with "the most obvious" questions...