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...that the Civil War ended. The track infield has so many Confederate flags flying that it looks like a Klan picnic. When NASCAR senior vice president Brian France tells potential sponsors that "our fans are much savvier than people give them credit for," it is to counter this very sight. NASCAR is apoplectic at the thought of racing's being labeled a racist sport, and it's desperate to escape an image of the race fan as a redneck with his gut hanging...
...joined her classmates in practicing a new drill called Code Red. First they locked the door to their classroom in Marshall Middle School in Wichita, Kans. Then they placed their chairs on top of the tables and pushed the tables against the wall, out of the windows' line of sight. Then they crawled beneath the entire pile. At first they were too slow, and although Susan's teacher didn't say too slow for what, nobody needed to ask. The second time, Susan reports proudly, "we got it down to 20 seconds." She adds, "It made me feel more comfortable...
Especially in the midst of the numerous academic assignments due in reading and exam period, it's easy to become myopically ensconced in work and lose sight of why we do this work in the first place and who is supporting us in completing it. My mom's visit was a reminder to me that my life comprises more than my academic priorities. The opportunities we have to spend time with those who have guided and encouraged us--parents, teachers, friends--should not be missed solely for the seemingly insatiable demands of schoolwork...
...Yeltsin has become a prisoner of his own nightmares--that he and his family will be persecuted or prosecuted by political enemies once he leaves office, that the sort of slights and humiliations he has inflicted on others will be visited upon him. He has plenty to fear. The sight of deputies accusing an incumbent President of high treason is a worrying reminder of how bad things could be for him when he leaves office. And impeachment was not his first nasty fright. Just two months ago, when his daughter Tatyana's name surfaced publicly in connection with an investigation...
...Skopje a few weeks ago in one of the Air Force's Lockheed C-130s, he got the ride of his life. The problem for potential future visitors: Talbott's plane was "painted," meaning that the Serbian military's antiaircraft system had got the plane in its target sight. Talbott's flight crew immediately began to swoop violently and dive the plane to make it harder to hit, tossing a few passengers about and causing at least one to start crossing himself furiously. The plane was landed safely. But every U.S. official since then has taken the long road--literally...