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...backed Schuster, saying that while “some people have accused me of causing the enrollment decline by talking about it, it’s essential that people feel that we know there is a problem and that we’re taking our heads out of the sand.”She added that the marketing survey would help to pinpoint what the School Committee needed to do to draw families back into the schools.Sybil Knight, the principal of the system’s only high school, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, summed up the feelings...
...just imagine when they get home. They'll be so happy. No cots. Real beds. Real food. A lawn. Rain. And no sand...
Lauren Richardson, 14, knows about the sand on the other side of the world, where her parents are now. It gets everywhere, covers everything; the very desert rises up and leans forward, waiting for what comes next. Just like Lauren...
...commanding battalions in the same Army unit. But the 101st has a habit of making history: during World War II, it led the way on D-day, dropping in the night before the invasion. In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, the Screaming Eagles were the "first band in the sand" and fired the first shot...
...peak called Merapi, which literally means "fire mountain." For centuries villagers living on its slopes and base have pledged their fate to Merapi, not just because it's an active volcano but because it provides fertile soil for them to grow food and raise cattle, and sand and stone for them to build their homes. Every year they bring Merapi gifts of food, tobacco and clothing, both to appease it and to seek its protection. The volcano even has a caretaker, appointed by a former sultan of the nearby royal city of Yogyakarta, to ensure that offerings are made...