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...What made this concert unique was that Ambulance LTD wasn’t plugging a new album; they took the stage with a four-year-old debut, without a follow-up sitting out on the merch stand. Nonetheless, at the end of their first song, lead singer Marcus Congleton announced that the following was one of their new ones and that the rest of the night they would play a smattering...
...former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari; and former Honduran President Ricardo M. Joest. The conference, in which nearly 700 individuals have requested a spot, still has spots open for the general public. “We hope that audience members will gain a fresh understanding of where things stand in Latin America in terms of where the region is headed,” Martini said. “I think the draw of the conference is that participants will gain this knowledge from practitioners who know Latin America intimately.” —Staff writer Prateek Kumar...
...last day of April, the folks at the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis will announce how much they think the U.S. economy grew--or didn't--in the first quarter of this year. This "advance" estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) will stand as the clearest indicator yet of whether the U.S. has fallen into a recession...
...dubs the “typical liberal groupthink that dominates most college campuses” can make otherwise apathetic right-wingers care, further fostering a tender camaraderie among conservative students and faculty alike. This is a natural impulse, of course—when we feel as if something we stand for is under attack, we naturally perk up in its defense. That the Dems were not interested in upholding Rove’s right to speak and be judged on his ideas speaks to this pulse...
...presence," says Zurbuchen, "Indonesia was very accepting. It gave her a sense of fitting in." At home, Ann wore the traditional housecoat, the batik daster. She loved simple, traditional restaurants. Friends remember sharing bakso bola tenis, or noodles with tennis-ball-size meatballs, from a roadside stand...