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...Iron Curtain who ultimately brought it down. Nathan Sharansky read Reagan's speech in a cell in Siberia. Knocking on walls and talking through toilets, he spread the word to other prisoners in the Gulag. "The dissidents were ecstatic," Sharansky wrote. "Finally, the leader of the free world had spoken the truth--a truth that burned inside the heart of each and every one of us." --By Romesh Ratnesar
Summers has spoken out in support of affirmative action in the past, but never before from such a high profile platform...
...work repairing the roof of her house and raking leaves. This didn't seem unusual to her husband Ed, a real estate broker who often helped people with temporary work. He labored in tandem with "Emmanuel" on a roof project and described the man as genial and soft-spoken. After four hours the Smarts told "Emmanuel" he was welcome to come back and help out on future home improvements. The Smarts didn't hear from him and assumed they never would again...
...than a year now, the land that Marco Polo called "the finest island of its size in all the world" has been at peace, and optimism seems well placed despite the government's sinking of a rebel boat last week. Tourist arrivals at the island, where English is widely spoken, reached 393,000 last year, approaching levels not seen since the civil war broke out in 1983. Some visitors are finding the country's combination of golden beaches, temperate hill country, Buddhist temples and graceful residences so charming that they want to claim a piece of Sri Lanka for themselves...
Bruno said that the dearth of communication has been the scariest part of having her friend overseas. They have not spoken since the third week in February, she said...