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...moved shortly thereafter to western Michigan. I learned how to spell during those elementary school years, thanks to the last names of my classmates—they were either Bosnian refugees (the humanitarian-minded evangelicals of the Upper Midwest had lobbied at the time to accept those fleeing the conflict in the Balkans) or the blonde-haired, blue-eyed descendants of Dutch settlers...
...broadcasting their thoughts online, stars are brought back down to earth - fast. Twitter allows us to pierce the veil of fame and proves what Us Weekly has been telling us for years. Stars: they're just like us - they go grocery shopping, walk their dogs and often can't spell to save their lives. And sometimes they go a little off the rails. (Courtney Love's ramblings about a fashion designer, illustrated above, even led to a lawsuit.) (See the top 10 celebrity Twitter feeds...
...mass casualty, they both have to fly. There is also a team on a chase helicopter, which provides cover for the medevacs in case they are fired on. Members of the first-up team are on for 24 hours and take any call that comes in during that spell. They basically sit around and wait for calls, but in that time, they cannot shower or go to the cafeteria; they have to be ready to run to the chopper on a moment's notice...
What complicated efforts to end Kirkland overflow housing in DeWolfe in the past was the allocation of funds to the Houses, according to Stallings. Stallings said that a reduction in the number of residents could spell a similar reduction in funds—a problem that Kirkland already faces as one of the smaller Houses...
...Harvard, it’s not uncommon for your brilliant classmates to make you feel slightly inadequate. But take comfort in knowing that at the second annual Freshman Spelling Bee, several freshmen were stumped by the following (absolutely insane) words. How would you have fared in this dorm-versus-dorm competition? See for yourself. On your marks, get set, spell...