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...youngest sister Erika, who killed herself in February 2007, got as much attention as Telma. Young, pretty, apparently good-hearted (she works for the Red Cross) and best of all unattached, Telma made perfect fodder for what the Spanish call "the pink press." When she showed up at the royal wedding looking lovely in a pale apricot suit and a broad-brimmed hat that would have done Lady Astor proud, the rags could barely contain their ecstasy...
...media were predictably outraged. "She is trying to silence the media, almost by decree," complained royal watcher Jaime Peñafiel, in his weekly column for El Mundo newspaper, which was not included in the suit. "Who does she think...
...private school like Oak Knoll--is a little competition. So when Schroeder and her classmates found out about a website launched last year that pits teams from around the country against one another in a contest to see who could be greener, they jumped on board. Her seventh-grade Royal Acorns team is Carbonrally.com's reigning champ, having saved 11.21 tons of climate-changing CO2 to date...
...guru at Oak Knoll, points out that her students have been hearing about the coming catastrophe of global warming since they were born. But competing in Carbonrally is contagious--Oak Knoll now has a second team--and it turns the students from passive victims into climate warriors. Fittingly, the Royal Acorns' motto--taken from their school--is "Action, not words." It's a rallying cry more Americans are starting to heed...
...desire to transcend "gutter politics" and those who practice them, I don't want to see him join so many other politicians, including the Clintons, there. However, after reading your insights and analysis, I see that he must. When I saw Clinton sipping (not downing) that shot of Crown Royal, I likened it to Michael Dukakis in the tank and thought it would have a similar effect. Alas, I was wrong, and I hope Obama took notice. Obama, you're welcome to come bowling with me anytime, but next time, lose the tie! Karen McCall, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH...