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...stress of medical and college bills has taken a toll on Matthews’ parents. “My dad is very tense all the time when finances come up. He feels like he can’t go on vacation or do anything special because money is so tight. I think the fact that he can no longer save for retirement scares him as well.” Rather than contributing to their own retirement funds, Matthews’ mother, a high school special education teacher, and father, a sales director, pinch and save to help Matthews...
...Hostility runs deep between the rival Afghan camps that Washington now seeks to bring together in a unity government, partly because it is based on fierce and often bloody ethnic hatreds. The war between Taliban and Northern Alliance has taken a brutal toll on civilians on both sides, and neither side will easily forgive or forget. Even if a "moderate" Taliban breakaway is achieved, it is to be expected that a significant proportion of that movement may fight on against any new government. The Northern Alliance, for its part, remains united by their hatred of the Taliban rather than...
...thousands of pets stranded after the disaster. Once the shock of seeing the towers collapse had subsided enough to allow me to think, my first thought was for the children who were orphaned; the second was for the pets left behind by this terrible tragedy. I know the human toll is beyond understanding, but these people loved their pets, and the animals adored them. What an amazing man Hawk is to put aside his grief over the loss of his sister aboard American Airlines Flight 11 and focus on the care of animals so in need of his help. REBECCA...
...thought is was an excellent symposium,” said John S. Toll, president of Washington College in Chestertown...
...would think that someone like Naldur would be ready to sign up for his game cards, given the toll bronco busting is taking on his body. Last year the school psychologist from Layton, Utah, broke a rib and a leg, ruptured his spleen, separated his shoulder and suffered a concussion. Each time he taped himself up and got back on the horse a few days later. "Every autumn I have a retirement party," Naldur says. "Then in spring the snow melts, the flowers bloom, and I realize nothing's really changed except I'm one year older." His wife Mazie...