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If she is right, it is yet another example of how the Bush Administration has managed to get what it wants on the environment. For two years, the President has found ways to bypass restrictions on oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and coal-fired power generation. Within days of...
...Nazi war machine steamrolled across Europe in 1940, thousands of Jews sought refuge in the Lithuanian capital of Kaunas, where Sugihara was Japan's vice-consul. Defying orders from Tokyo not to get involved in the refugees' plight, Sugihara wrote illegal visas for 2,000 families, enabling them to escape from the Nazis. After the war, Sugihara resigned from the Foreign Ministry, where his efforts were never acknowledged, let alone praised. He spent the rest of his life broke, hopping from job to job until he died in obscurity in 1986. Since then, a Sugihara revival has taken hold...
After spending his first-year summer balancing an internship with Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura and a night job delivering pizzas, Subrahmanian learned about the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut, a summer refuge for children with cancer or serious blood diseases. “It was exactly what...
Those who turn to the comics to avoid the strife reported in the rest of the newspaper may have lost their refuge. The estate of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz has sued Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey, for the return of 19 comic strips lent to Walker in 1978 when...
But innovative songwriting is not what attracts people to Riddlin’ Kids or the punk genre. If fans wanted that, they would seek refuge in the new garage rock wave of The White Stripes and The Vines. The important thing is that the Riddlin’ Kids know how...