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...there's no doubt that the sudden peace and quiet will be a double-edged sword; as the extraordinary excitement and activity abruptly stops, the double whammy of life after the holidays and the caucuses will leave some Iowans down in the dumps. "This is a huge event. It really picks up people's moods - they see themselves being viewed nationally as very important to a very important process," says Larry Hejtmanek, director of a Des Moines mental health center and an avid caucus-goer. "The downside is January 4. It's all over. You have a normal letdown. People...
...southern part of India's capital, but drivers are resignedly restraining their impatience. That's because the obstacle holding up the traffic is a wedding procession, and to protest would be rude. At the head of the procession, the groom, dressed in glittering brocade and sporting a ceremonial sword, nervously tries to mount a white mare. He succeeds on the third attempt, much to his own relief and to cheers from his entourage. A band begins to play Bollywood hits and everyone breaks into a dance. Soon, the procession is on its way, led by the groom on his spotless...
...foundation of English liberties. When Texas billionaire Ross Perot managed to buy one privately in 1984 for $1.5 million, he lent it to the National Archives so it could lie beside its democratic descendants, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, in testimony to the power of pen over sword. But amid a revived debate over the meaning of due process in the age of terrorism, the Perot Foundation decided it wanted more money to spend on its signature causes, particularly the care of wounded soldiers, and put the document up for sale...
...social and economic mobility is a double-edged sword. Woo finds herself flirting with the line between advancing her career through education and losing access to the welfare provisions—state-issued food stamps and childcare vouchers—that allow her and her daughter to keep their heads above water...
Before Mark E. Zuckerberg, formerly of the Class of 2006, was poking people on Facebook, he was poking people with a sword. As a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, the founder of Facebook Inc. did list tech support and computer programming on his 2001 application to Harvard. But the biggest component in Zuckerberg’s application wasn’t coding, but fencing. 02138 Magazine (which celebrates/lambastes Harvard alumni) posted Zuckerberg’s application on its Web site as part of “The Facebook Files,” which also includes documents being used as evidence...