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...Texas, a neighbor told Holly's mother to turn on the radio. When the news report came out, she screamed and collapsed. In Greenwich Village, Buddy Holly's pregnant wife heard the news on television and suffered a miscarriage the following day, reportedly due to "psychological trauma." In the months following the crash, authorities would adopt a policy against releasing victims' names until after the families had been notified...
...difficult circumstances, a team must always be able to turn to its captains for inspiration...
...advice to Mr. Panetta: resist it. This country cannot afford to turn the CIA into a Boy Scout troop. And there is a quick and easy fix to CIA staffing. Iraq and Afghanistan are grossly overstaffed with good, capable officers. These people are more than adequate to run the CIA's posts around the world. Having so many people in Iraq and Afghanistan was a Bush White House decision. Cut back in those two countries by two-thirds and the CIA will do just fine...
...doing your job.” Despite his frustrations with what he saw as a bureaucratic UC, he is optimistic that the incoming UC President Andrea R. Flores ’10 would improve the UC. “I honestly think Andrea can literally turn the UC in the right direction,” he said. Five members will be leaving in total. Two of the representatives are graduating, one is leaving for “personal reasons,” and two, including James, are leaving to spend time working on other efforts to improve student life. Seth...
...interests, Sir Robert says he has none beyond preserving the memory of his ancestor, and would turn over any of the Admiral's belongings that might be recovered to a museum. "Of course," he adds thoughtfully, "if they wanted to give me a small bit of wood from the hull, I should be thrilled...