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...some of their techniques, combined with human input on new courses, to estimate section needs next fall,” said Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross...
Armed with a list of 161 Dean households in his assigned section of Nashua, Schmidt’s first job is to stand near the booths and listen as voters give their names to the attendants. After checking the names against the list, Schmidt and the other volunteers plan to go directly to the homes of any who haven’t voted yet, helping to arrange for rides if needed...
...full of African Americans, and a number of them are dying in Iraq," notes Buffalo Soldier Blair Talmadge, 41, of Philadelphia. But like all voters, African Americans want to know what the candidates will do about health care and education, which is why Clark often glides through a quick section on foreign affairs to get to his domestic promises (a higher minimum wage, universal preschool). As Darby puts it, "Sure, we'll be happy if they bring the Confederate flag down. But we know the schools will still be crappy...
...Eszterhas, 59, was born in Hungary during World War II. His first memory is of a little boy who drowned in a cesspool in a refugee camp. When Eszterhas was 5, his parents brought him to the U.S., where he grew up dirt poor and delinquent in the Hungarian section of Cleveland. His father edited a Hungarian-language newspaper, while at home his mother went slowly mad--she believed the electrical outlets were shooting rays at her. All this is affectingly told in rich, dry-eyed detail, leavened with the occasional Vonnegutesque sardonicism...
...mecca for the material world. Gambling may not exist here, but partying certainly does. There are no strict Islamic bans on alcohol--or on basically having fun in public--as in neighboring countries. A local edition of the listings magazine Time Out identifies 160 establishments in its "Nightlife" section...