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...Superintendent of Schools Thomas Fowler-Finn’s future hangs in the balance, two veteran School Committee members—Joseph G. Grassi and Alfred Fantini—are pushing to extend Fowler-Finn’s contract for an additional year...
...Petit, an intense, 44-year-old Canadian, is a U.N. veteran who has worked in Rwanda, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Kosovo. "I never wanted to be anything else but a prosecutor," he says. "Someone has to stand up for those who can't?or weren't able to." In Cambodia, that challenge is unique. Petit and his Cambodian co-prosecutor Chea Leang must build their case concerning crimes committed more than a quarter of a century ago. Of all the war crimes he has dealt with, "this is the longest elapsed time between the acts and accountability," says Petit...
...Petit, an intense, 44-year-old Canadian, is a U.N. veteran who has worked in Rwanda, East Timor, Sierra Leone and Kosovo. "I never wanted to be anything else but a prosecutor," he says. "Someone has to stand up for those who can't?or weren't able to." In Cambodia, that challenge is unique. Petit and his Cambodian co-prosecutor Chea Leang must build their case concerning crimes committed more than a quarter of a century ago. Of all the war crimes he has dealt with, "this is the longest elapsed time between the acts and accountability," says Petit...
...amused by the underhanded dealings on display in the World Cup that it produced a series of league tables under such headings as diving, feigning injury, intimidating the referee and tantrums. One of the most abiding images of the tournament, along with the brilliant displays of the veteran French player Zinédine Zidane, was the sight of his teammate Thierry Henry flinging himself to the turf in response to a prod in the back and for some reason clutching the part of himself least affected - his head. A certain kind of pundit turns horribly blasé in the face...
...while Lamont seemed nervous at the start of the debate, with a few awkward pauses between words, he largely held his own against the 18-year Senate veteran and former vice presidential nominee - rebutting Lieberman's attacks and trying to impress on Connecticut voters that Lieberman is too close to President Bush...