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SARAH PALIN, Republican vice-presidential hopeful, when asked about an Alaskan legislative panel that concluded she abused her power as governor by pressuring Walter Monegan (below), then the state's public-safety commissioner, to fire a state trooper over a family dispute...
Given all this drama and controversy, studying the U.S. ought to be more interesting than ever. But undergraduates across Europe have shifted their focus elsewhere, their disaffection a barometer of America's diminished standing in the world. "Students don't trust us," says Walter Grünzweig, a professor of American studies at Germany's Dortmund University, where the number of students applying for exchange programs to the U.S. has roughly halved since 2004. "We have to convince them we're not part of the propaganda branch of the American Embassy...
...Walter C. Monegan III - who as Alaska's former Public Safety Commissioner was the state's top cop - Oct. 10 couldn't have come sooner. After being fired in early July from his position by Governor Sarah Palin, Monegan quickly asserted that the reasons for his firing were unethical and unjustified. He maintained he was dismissed because he refused to succumb to pressure from the Palin administration to fire Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, who was at that time going through a bitter divorce and custody battle with Palin's younger sister, Molly McCann. Monegan claimed the governor's office...
...Born in Seattle in 1951 to Elizabeth and Walter C. Monegan Jr.; raised by his grandparents in Western Alaska in a town called Nyac...
...will help the team to field a full lineup at every match. Last year, superstars like O’Connor and sophomore Corey Jantzen often scored convincing wins, only to have their performances drowned out by numerous forfeits at other positions. This year, freshmen Zack Pope (125 lbs), Walter Peppelman (149), and Sean Murphy (197) occupy otherwise empty positions, bolstering the small squad...