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...Davis and her husband after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the nonaggression pact early in World War II,her children told the Boston Globe in 1993. But Davis remained vocal about progressive issues through her speeches and writing. She wrote magazine articles about the Harlan County coal strike and the hardship of Southern tenant farming...
...same time, he witnessed—from the sidelines last year—what happens to Dawson when that threat of an air strike is lifted. Sure, he’ll get his yards, but he’ll fall well short of his potential. And he certainly won’t be scoring three touchdowns a game...
...celebration was nearly cut short when, about 90 seconds after Moran’s tally, Yale had a chance to strike back. Midfielder Laurel Karnes took the ball inside the 18 with a one-on-one chance against Shields. But Shields came off the line and forced Karnes’s shot left...
...breast cancer. Yet in many ways, treatment of prostate cancer lags behind that of breast, colon and brain cancer. That's why the Prostate Cancer Foundation last week issued a call for a new approach to the disease, which already afflicts 2 million American men and will strike 230,000 more this year...
...often picked for roles in their productions--"playing around," he calls it. "I knew I was supposed to act," he says, "but not as a professional." An improbable chain reaction triggered his career. At 17, he was studying philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico when a strike was called. He decided to take a trip. The cheapest European tickets were to London, so he went there, got a job as a barman and began studying acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Before he graduated in 2001, he took time off to shoot Amores Perros...