Word: rayed
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...week the region's take-no-prisoners attitude seemed to be bearing some fruit on Capitol Hill, with Congress hastily approving $1 billion in disaster loans to help devastated Gulf Coast communities pay salaries when tax payments dry up. One beneficiary: New Orleans, where Mayor Ray Nagin last week had to lay off 3,000 employees. At the same time, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman was publicly saying Congress should ante up for higher levees to withstand Category 4 or 5 hurricanes--a stance long taken by St. Bernard and Orleans parishes, where Katrina's winds and waves...
...after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials tipped off Aragoncillo's superiors that he had tried to intervene on behalf of a man who was detained for overstaying his tourist visa. That man later became known to officials as Aragoncillo's alleged Filipino handler, former senior Philippine police official Michael Ray Aquino. According to arrest papers, a subsequent FBI audit of Aragoncillo's computer use found that he had searched for documents out of his area of responsibility. But a full investigation was not initiated until July. Perhaps most troubling, during the intervening four months--and under the nose...
...forced each of us as students to integrate all of the course material we were learning and apply it to a problem,” said Ray Goldberg ’48, Moffett Professor Emeritus of Agriculture and Business at HBS, who was a student in WAC and later a colleague of Raymond’s. “Although we all resented it at the time, in retrospect, it was one of the best courses we all took...
Strathairn’s costars complement his stoic resolve with vividly emotional performances, making “Good Night, and Good Luck” an unusually entertaining civics lesson. Ray Wise gives a particularly nuanced portrayal of the human costs incurred by political witch-hunts, and Robert Downey Jr. and Patricia Clarkson are superb in a bittersweet romantic subplot...
...handle the magnitude of the devastation. Its incompetent performance under the leadership of Michael Brown, who had no credentials or experience, reflects poorly on President George W. Bush, who was responsible for Brown's appointment. The majority of the blame, though, lies with local officials. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has a lot to answer for. Much of the grief his city experienced could have been prevented by responsible preparation. Ben Robinson Montgomery, Alabama...