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...Then, shortly before midnight, someone burst into the Sago Baptist church and announced that there were 12 survivors. Hundreds of people surged out the door. Church bells rang. For a brief spell, it appeared, there would be a repeat of the stunning 2002 rescue of nine Pennsylvania miners, who had survived more than three days underground after their mine had flooded...
...Jafaari's spell as prime minister yielded no real change in the political climate. The urbane and soft-spoken physician did little to heal the sectarian wounds tearing apart Iraqi society. After the Sunni boycott of last January's vote, Jafaari-prompted by the U.S.-brought some Sunni leaders into the consultation process over the new Iraqi constitution. But he looked away as his ruling Shi'ite-Kurdish coalition ignored most Sunni demands, and his security forces constantly harassed the few Sunni leaders who were willing to negotiate. Administratively, Jafaari's government failed on every front-security, the economy, jobs...
...Allawi, Washington's idea of a secular alternative to Jafaari and Mahdi, is not exactly an inspiring figure, either. During his brief spell as Prime Minister last year, he showed little capacity for administration and no political vision beyond his own survival. He failed even to rally like-minded secular parties. Despite the liberal use of state resources during the election of campaign, he was soundly defeated last January; his vote base doesn't seem to have grown in the recent election, either...
Some obscure names come up once in a generation, as the TCU Horned Frogs did when they recently broke into the national college football rankings for a short spell...
...witnessed tool-kit-toting truancy, endless enthusiasm, deficient dancing, frustrating follies, ceaseless commitment, and witty wording. An alphabet of alliteration can’t quite spell out the experience. I’ve loved it and I’ve hated...