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...breadwinner and his father was a brooding man whose work life was cut short by mustard gas scarring from World War I on his lungs. Jones sought out acceptance and a sense of family through churches, but at the same time he had a tremendous need for power and control. He would conduct little church services up in the loft of a barn and lock his playmates in there; later he used a firearm to try to control his best friend. These early incidents, as well as some cruelty to animals, were harbingers for the sickness that grew...
...times, and, even though the course is a little longer, it’s less hilly,” the sophomore said. “We also have a pretty solid pack. [Harvard coach Jason Saretsky] has them go out together, and we try to keep each other under control.” The Crimson will have one more chance to build on its Van Cortlandt efforts, when both squads return to New York to complete the season at the ECAC/IC4A championships next weekend. Although both Harvard teams will not have the opportunity to compete in NCAAs, Richardson and Chenoweth...
...self-confidence. But his move is also based on self-interest. Obama is keenly aware of the fact that, despite increased Democratic majorities in both the Senate and the House, he cannot enact the kind of sweeping legislative overhaul he envisions without the help of Republicans. Energy reform, climate-control legislation, health-care reform - all are too big to be passed by partisan majorities, especially if Obama wants to retain his post-partisan, "President of all the people" mantle...
...defeats itself like this out of some perverse desire to help the right stay in power forever," commented Benyoub, who traveled to Reims from her home in suburban Paris. "The leaders are no better than their backers: it's all about beating the person next to you to get control of the party, and to hell with bigger priority of a unified left getting back into power. Sarkozy has to be looking at this and laughing...
...Sunnis, who ruled dominated Iraq under Saddam Hussein, are also hostile, having already had to confront the unpalatable prospect of the country's northern oil fields falling under the control of the Kurdish region. "This will create many problems over water rights, the delineation of borders, oil fields, mineral resources, this all needs to be considered," says Hashem al-Ta'ie, head of parliament's regional and provincial committee and a member of the largest Sunni parliamentary bloc. "Look at the problems between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government...