Word: starrs
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About halfway through the march's route - which stretched through downtown St. Paul from the State Capitol to within shouting distance of the Xcel center - Mike and Sue Starr, 55 and 48, both teachers from Anoka, a suburb here, walked near the front of the protest line, occasionally contributing their voices to the intermittent chants. Mike, a Vietnam veteran who has a son about to leave for Iraq, said he can speak up now that he's retired from 25 years of military service. "We don't support Bush. They won't change, of course, but we're sending...
...about friendship, Thomas the Tank Engine quickly became a children's favorite when he debuted on British television in 1984. A creator of the original program, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, David Mitton wrote or directed 180 episodes and saw the show expand to the U.S., where Ringo Starr (and later, George Carlin) starred as Mr. Conductor. Mitton also worked on the popular series Thunderbirds and started his own children's-television production company. Ever devoted to his craft, Mitton was developing another project, a kids' series called Adventures on Orsum Island, during his final days...
...Hillary Clinton exits the Democratic presidential race, Barack Obama will walk onstage and praise her and her husband to the heavens. Publicly, Obama can afford to be magnanimous. But it's a good bet the private Obama feels the way a lot of his supporters do: like sending Ken Starr a fan note. For many Obama activists, Clinton's brass-knuckles campaign confirmed everything they had always suspected about Hillary and her husband: that they're cynical and ruthless, the detritus of an era in which Democrats sold out their ideals to get elected. Obama's backers generally feel about...
...Kennedy School of Government, and senior advisor to Obama’s campaign, calling Clinton a “monster” is to tread in dangerous waters. And she rightfully resigned from the campaign. A comment made by a Clinton spokesman, Howard Wolfson, which compared Obama to Kenneth Starr, the independent investigator who uncovered Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, is hardly better. Moreover, it does not matter that neither of these comments was made by the candidates themselves. In the game of politics, perception trumps reality, and both of these comments were unfortunately perceived...
HAMILTON, N.Y.—After falling behind by a goal in the first period, the Harvard men’s hockey team (13-11-4, 11-7-3 ECAC) battled to a 3-3 tie with Colgate (14-13-6, 8-8-5 ECAC) at Starr Rink on Friday night.Trailing 3-2 in the third, the Crimson used a power play to tally the game-tying goal at 11:52. After the Raiders killed a two-man advantage, sophomore Doug Rogers capitalized in the remaining seconds of the 5-on-4 power play. Corralling the rebound of a shot...