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...cross-country to chase an acting career in Los Angeles. The Gilberts were out of money on arrival. "I'm thinking, that's not cool," Gilbert Sr. remembers. For three days, they slept in Dad's Mazda RX-7. Arenas Sr. soon found steady work, although he never struck it big as an actor...
...presumption, then, is that U.S. engineered financial sanctions that have so irritated Pyongyang will be dealt away as part of a grand compromise. The U.S. clearly struck a nerve when in September 2005 the Treasury Department pressured a Macao bank, Banco Delta Asia, to freeze North Korean accounts held there. (Treasury accomplished this mainly by getting major banks in the U.S. to shut down their correspondent accounts with Banco Delta Asia, effectively isolating it from the international financial system). The U.S. has said it suspects the North uses the accounts to launder money gained through counterfeiting U.S. currency and narcotics...
...best feeling in the world.” There is only the ebb and flow of momentum, lacking in a lethargic first period when Harvard fell behind 2-0, revived in the second when the Crimson rallied to tie the score. Seemingly lost when BC freshman forward Kelli Stack struck with 8:04 remaining in regulation and recaptured 12 seconds later when sophomore Jenny Brine answered the bell. There is only the untold struggle of co-captain Jennifer Sifers, who was almost a scratch after battling illness all day, suited up and not missing a shift on the second line...
...close to a fiery pace, the colt rushed to the lead and--following one of the fastest final quarter miles in Derby history--won the Roses by nearly seven lengths, the longest Derby victory margin in 60 years. I had witnessed every Derby but one since 1972, and Barbaro struck me--for his sheer athleticism, his explosive speed, his unbridled joy for running--as the finest 3-year-old I had seen since Spectacular Bid in 1979. Vast ability aside, he had all the extras: a classic pedigree, a gentlemanly demeanor and a body that could be by da Vinci...
...TIME: Listening to you talk about health care, you seem to be a lot more open, at least than I can recall you being, to single payer, the kind of government-run system they have in Canada. And I was also struck on one of your stops, about an employer mandate, where you said that if employers were required to provide health care to their employees, a lot of employers would say goodbye. In 1994, people argued that, and you didn't seem to believe that was the case. Could you talk about your own evolution in your thinking...