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Ever since disgruntled citizens of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden swore their nation's founding oath of confederation in 1291, Switzerland has reveled in remaining an Alpine stronghold, happily cut off from political and economic turmoil in the world's lower realms. Fear of weakening the country's vaunted neutrality, independence and grass-roots democracy has kept Switzerland out of nato, the European Union and almost every other political alliance dreamed up by the world's multilateralists. That could change this weekend, when voters decide whether the country should finally join an organization it has hosted for 55 years: the United...
...Alexa. It was the era of the Uptown Girl, Downtown Guy. Becoming a father was a profoundly life-changing experience. That was the single most important moment of my life, when that little girl was born. I grew up with no father; my father was never around. So I swore that I would be there for my child. It's as if there were a fault line, and every seven years I have an earthquake. And each of them has made me steadier on my feet...
Sullivan’s uncle, Edward Sullivan, a former mayor and current Middlesex County clerk of courts, swore in the new mayor in the city council’s Sullivan chamber, underneath a portrait of legendary councillor Michael “Mickey the Dude” Sullivan...
...find anything to make a person worry. It's all peaceful now and the people who will build the roads and wells can come." The sixteen other leaders - all in kameez, vests and brand new army jackets - concurred, talking over each other and contributing to every question. They swore they'd not supported the Taliban, though thousands of soldiers were recruited from here; six hundred from Baghran are prisoners with the Northern Alliance in Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz alone. "The Taliban would not ask to take our sons, they would catch them on the road," said Gaffar...
...shook hands and waved as he presided over his final official duty. But while many thoughts may have been with the outgoing mayor, the night belonged to the incoming one - as did the following morning, when Bloomberg paid homage to his predecessor. "Last night in Times Square when Rudy swore me in, he said to me, 'Don't fail our people.' Rudy, I will...