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...women were becoming involved in aquatic activity. “If you go through the papers of the late 19th century, there were so many deaths by drowning, and the three major learn-to-swim campaigns that came of out of that encouraged mothers to learn to swim to save the lives of their children,” said Morgan...
...parents, 25 percent of respondents reported having advisers who were unsupportive of their family decisions. Just months before the Summers remarks, Wenc had helped found the Student-Parents Organization, which reaped the benefits of the new publicity. But it wasn’t enough to save her own graduate career. Just semesters later, after years of trying to juggle her career and her family, Wenc’s dreams of a Ph.D. were a thing of the past. “I just said, ‘forget it,’ I can?...
...Shanxi, the efforts of thousands of rescuers to save the remaining 26 miners have stalled because of extensive flooding, Xinhua reported. As their time underground approaches two weeks, the likelihood of their survival diminishes. For several dozen families, the miracle in Shanxi could still end up a disaster...
...close as the Crusaders would get, as Black pitched a scoreless seventh to earn the save...
...over the fire, and told the children to eat the leg. Her nine-year old son refused so they killed him. The other children did as they were told. [The militia members] tried to burn them alive, but her children managed to drag her out of the house and save her. Next door, they killed an entire wedding party. That kind of attack, where 30 or 50 people are killed at one time, was standard in the village of Kaniola. (See "U.N. Report: From Bad to Worse in War-Torn Congo...