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...catch that NBC special on the White House? The Obamas happen to have some of the world's smartest people working tirelessly on the dirty details of governance. Think those staffers working till midnight and grinding away the weekends spend a ton of blissful time with their spouses? Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is killing himself while his wife and kids are stuck back in Chicago. Now there's a guy I can relate to. (See pictures of Obama in France...
...moment to pay any attention to the French subtitles displayed over the magnificent stage. When the voice died away and the silence was finally broken by thunderous applause and the oddly restrained enthusiasm of “Bravo! Bravo!”, I joined in and clapped till my palms stung, only noting (with a laugh to Thibaud) the absence of any American cheering or whistles. I was studying abroad in France at École Polytechnique and having the time of my life, exploring new interests and widening my horizons...
...like, if I'm alive and work till I'm 80, that's a lot of good years of doing a whole bunch of things that sort of fit into my particular line of work. And I don't even know what that is yet. That may change. This life's path that I'm taking now is going to affect what I can be, who I can be, what I want to be in so many ways...
...missing opportunities by a hair, by a breath, by a parent, by a teacher, by a dollar amount, and I'm kind of working to make up some of that difference to the extent that I think I can." (See pictures of the civil rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama...
...state." Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who will visit the White House next week, has thus far rejected that demand both out of concern for Israel's Arab minority and because the rights of Palestinian refugees have remained an issue on the negotiating agenda of the peace process up till now. (See pictures of life in Gaza under Hamas...