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...sensitive, curious and awed by the culture. And after our interview, he stayed at the restaurant to talk to people who work there about their live-music nights and the fact that the owner is from Chicago--which I discovered after he sprinted after my car to tell me I forgot to sign the check. When he stops moving, Piven is a really likable...
...school budgets. Mawusi Khadija Watson Buffalo, New York, U.S. I applaud clinton and his allies for working to get sugar out of our schools. But as a parent who has served sodas and other treats to my kids and their teammates following baseball, basketball and soccer games, I can tell you that the blame for childhood obesity resides not in our vending machines but in ourselves. David Housewright Roseville, Minnesota, U.S. That the soft-drink companies have agreed to remove sugar-filled soft drinks from school vending machines is certainly a step in the right direction, but it doesn...
...gave me a great idea: to make a list of the people who matter most to me. I wish I had started that list a long time ago. At my age, 75, not everyone on my list is alive today, which is regrettable. I never took the trouble to tell a high school teacher or a business mentor or a beloved grandfather what a significant influence each had on my life. I urge young people to make a list every 10 years and make sure you take the time to tell those people why they have had an influence...
...Terazzas, in the IED explosion. After being confronted with evidence by TIME, the military said the deaths had been an accident - a case of ?collateral damage.? But the victims' families and other eyewitnesses have always maintained that the Marines acted in revenge for the death of Terazzas ?You could tell they were enraged,? says Thabet. ?They not only killed people, they smashed furniture, tore down wall hangings, and when they took prisoners, they treated them very roughly. This was not a precise military operation...
...Sinnani, there are convoys of Humvees practically every other day. There are occasional foot patrols. The week after the massacre, the Marines were edgy and hostile. ?They would get on top of the roofs of our houses and point their guns around,? says Thabet. ?They would constantly tell us, 'We know some terrorists have passed this way; where did they go?'? Gradually, the patrols returned to normal...