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...broke him down. "The stress factor here is real different," he says. "There, I was worried about the dying, but that was it. They give you a plan and you do it. Here at home I have so many more things to worry about." He was admitted to the VA hospital in Hines, Ill., and treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. A psychiatrist there introduced him to David Hansberger, who was hired by the VA to procure, among other things, jobs for area veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Hansberger showed Hughes how to use the Web to apply...
...Lynchburgh, Va., family with utility company and entertainment businesses, Falwell started the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg after graduating from a Missouri Bible college. A year later, the church's membership had grown from 35 to nearly 1000. Like many of his denomination, he railed against premarital sex, adultery and drinking - and in 1965, just a few weeks after Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, Falwell delivered a sermon that urged against any formal mixture of politics and faith: "Believing the Bible as I do, I would find it impossible to stop preaching the pure saving gospel of Jesus Christ...
...Englishmen landed at Jamestown, Va., to establish the first successful permanent English settlement in the New World. This year we commemorate the 400th anniversary of their arrival--an event that changed the world. Jamestown was the beginning of America's representative government, the rule of law, free enterprise and what has now become one of the most culturally diverse societies on earth...
Dennis L. Napier, YORKTOWN, VA...
House: Cabot Concentration: English and American Languages and Literatures Hometown: Richmond, VA Ideal Date: Zhang Ziyi, Anna Karina, and I go to a concert. I make jokes and they laugh and touch my arm. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: “Whoa, are those eyes for real?!” Where to find you on a Saturday night: Surrounded by an entourage of adoring girls and approving chums, I set fire to Mather House on a whim and pee it out. Everyone cheers and then we all go out for ice cream because I have...