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...McVeigh was born near Buffalo, New York, and served in the army during the Gulf War. But sometime during his troubled transit from quiet boy to disturbed man, he developed a deep and irrational hatred of the federal government he once served. In his letters from prison that were recently published in the Buffalo News, he said he saw himself as a soldier in a war against the government...
...Since her birth Sept. 24, the campus has watched ShuttleGirl develop from a simple website into a complex, integrated system that may soon revolutionize the world of mass transit schedules...
...Only in America? HE COMES IN PEACE Even before an interloper from the shores of Fistiana upset the delicate balance of power, it had been a bad week for Sino-U.S. relations, with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian planning a visit?er, transit?through the States, and China charging an American citizen with espionage. Then the entrance of a new superpower suddenly made that old bipolar paradigm seem as irrelevant as a WBO title belt...
...TIME: Your plan to transit in the U.S. through New York strikes some people as unnecessarily provocative. Chen: According to recent polls, more than 62% of the people believe that my transit through the U.S. will be beneficial for promoting Taiwan's overall diplomacy. It's strange how the PRC is interfering in the affairs of other countries. The U.S. is a sovereign and independent country and it should be able to provide the appropriate reception and service to visiting heads of state from other countries. Why should they have to consult with anyone else...
...certain kind of person who thinks a certain other kind of person is a sissy. The first kind thinks it's a birthright to fill up the Silverado, put a cold one in the cupholder, crank up the radio and drive off into the wide open spaces. Mass transit is for pointy-headed Easterners, and every room should be as cool as a meat locker. Don't have enough energy? Drill for it like a crazed dentist. If that doesn't do the trick, let's blast for coal and rebuild Three Mile Island. These are people from out West...