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...first time since leaving Hungary, I have a feeling of helpless frustration when listening to the leader of my country. I thought only dictators could afford to shamelessly lie to their people. I thought I had left all that behind 50 years ago. Peter Stangl Calvisson, France To Withstand the Wind After reading about the damage that recent hurricanes have caused in Florida and other coastal states [Sept. 27], I think we need to set up stricter building codes in hurricane-prone areas. For decades, California has had earthquake-inspired codes that have undoubtedly saved Americans millions of dollars...
...We’re pleased to find a way to get a result here, because Harvard played well in the second half, and we had to pin our ears back a bit and withstand a lot of pressure,” said Bulldog coach Brian Tompkins. “It was a bend, but don’t break game for us, and that’s the nature of Ivy games...
...since World War II that German soldiers were sent abroad, Schröder felt a new bond with his father, according to his biographer, Jürgen Hogrefe. Schröder "is more serious than he has ever been before," says Hogrefe. "He is ready to face reality and withstand heavy emotions." Schröder's trip is one more small step in his country's effort to account for its past, but his brief visit to Romania is ultimately a personal journey. "No matter how far away he is, a son wants to know where his father lies," says...
...think that several aspects of the court’s decision will probably not withstand analysis and we would intend to pursue those aspects further in the court proceeding,” he added...
...worry, guys. You can find that elsewhere! At the WB, Levin announced a block of "male comedy" sketch shows from Jeff Foxworthy and Drew Carey. On Foxworthy's Blue Collar TV, a comic marvels at women's ability to withstand hours of labor: "I give up on a poop after 20 minutes," he says. And ABC picked up Savages, a sitcom about a widower and his sons living blissfully in a pigsty. As the beer commercials tell us, the quickest way to men's hearts is through insulting stereotypes...