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After the atrocities of Sept. 11, our government did not wait for a request from the U.S. to check bank accounts for identified terrorist organizations and persons. Our financial-intelligence unit conducted a search and exchanged information with U.S. authorities. You misrepresented Antigua and Barbuda and ignored the acknowledged role we have played in combatting financial crime. LIONEL A. HURST, AMBASSADOR Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda Washington...
...first knew I wanted to be a performer in the kitchen of my Aunt Mary's house in Santa Ana, Calif., when I was seven. At my mother's request, I sang Rosin the Bow in front of her and her twin sister. It was so powerful to sing that old folk song and be showered with love and affection and enthusiasm and encouragement by both of them. That was an event. That was my moment. From there on, when people asked, I didn't say baseball player or cowboy, I said I wanted to be an entertainer. Soon after...
...Sinjedarrah. Last time we visited him at his rear base, a fairly comfortable house in Charikar, he told us that he would be sleeping on the front line from now on. Well, we found him in Charikar about 9pm, slightly dozy, and probably preparing for bed, He took our request to go to the village in good humor, though without enthusiasm. "Tea," he asked plaintively. No thanks, we said, we need to go. An aide wordlessly brought his ammunition belt, hat, gun, while he stood in the middle of the room like a knight preparing for battle...
...seven images in the show consist of five large portraits and two very large still lifes. Under dim lighting (important to their preservation) the grass canvases seem to glow gently. At the request of the artists, only five visitors at a time are allowed into the show. Whether this is because of the delicate nature of their work, or an impression they wished to create, this choice makes Presence feel like a quiet, spiritual space...
...spokeswoman at the Peacock network told reporters, "Given that the White House did not request time on the network, we thought it was sufficient to cover the event on our cable networks." (CNBC and MSNBC will both broadcast the speech.) At CBS, there was some doubt as to the newsworthiness of the President's address. "Based upon what we've been told about the content, we feel that it's appropriate to cover it as a news event in our news coverage as opposed to live programming," a CBS spokeswoman told the Associated Press Thursday. For its part, ABC decided...