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...often. But every now and again, her compatriots down in Texas do something so entirely inane and reprehensible that she can either get angry, or poke fun. Usually, it’s a bit of both. So when she heard that a group of disgruntled parents were disbanding Girl Scout troops (and boycotting their cookies) in Crawford, Texas—yes, home to President Bush’s beloved ranch—Dartboard only shook her head, and sighed. She could already hear her friends taunting: “Only in Texas...
...Dartboard isn’t as quick to judge her old Lone Star State, she hoped that the Girl Scout organization—of which she was a loyal member for a good two years of her prepubescent life—had simply taken a turn for the worse since she’d grown up. After all, an organization claiming to be “dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world,” couldn?...
...wasn’t until he was looking for an Eagle Scout project at home, that Dalio learned about adoption problems surrounding Chinese orphans. Dalio eventually founded China Care in the summer...
...fiasco showed how tough it is to assemble a giant mainstream spectacle for today's niched audience. Even the audience reaction ranged from deep offense to bemusement. Bill Cleaver, of Pittsboro, N.C., watched the performance with his wife Julia and their daughter Annie, 10. "I'm not a Boy Scout," he said, "but I know in public what is appropriate manners and what is vulgarity." Then again, TiVo, the digital-video-recorder maker, said the event was the most replayed ever among its users. In a TIME/CNN poll, 47% of respondents said the incident marked...
...point, Kerry watched a Vietnamese scout die in a field hospital: "His head was arched back and his eyes, only half open and dazed, were searching for something. There was nothing close here for this man--his was a moment of complete loneliness ... Everywhere there was blood pouring out of him. Even the transparent, plastic splints around both legs had assumed a red tint. I felt weak. My stomach began to twist and sweat poured all over me. I sat down on the floor because I thought I was going to be sick ... It seemed absurd--a man dying alone...