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...hardest job share some things no one else can understand. With some time to kill, Bush got happily lost in the Clinton galleries until a tourist approached him near one exhibit and said, "Hey, you look a lot like George Bush." Replied 41: "I am George Bush." Word spread quickly, and as Bush made his way back down a corridor, a group of schoolchildren broke into spontaneous applause. The kids were paying their respects to one President as he was paying his respects to another...
...major factor. One quarter of the world's children have worms. Treating them costs only $3.50 a student. "So you treat every kid, and in areas where you do that, school absences fall by 25%. They fall in neighboring schools too," says Kremer, "because the worms don't spread. It's a fantastically good buy." Erin Thornton, DATA's policy director, asks how the lab directs its research. It doesn't, and that's why the lab is interested in finding partners who can offer guidance and channel the studies to decision makers...
...announced consumer campaign for African development. Tom Lantos, a Democratic Representative from California, swings by with his granddaughter. Bono and Lantos are close enough that the Congressman, a Holocaust survivor, has encouraged Bono to reference worldwide indifference to the genocide when describing governments' apathetic response to the spread of AIDS across Africa. "I am very sensitive to people abusing the analogy," says Lantos. "He's convinced me it's legitimate...
...elevator that would bring him up to the Pope's private quarters. It was around noon when the Cardinal approached the Holy Father's bedside. John Paul's condition had deteriorated that morning. The same throat infection that had twice sent him to Gemelli hospital had begun to spread through his body. Apart from his curial position, Ratzinger was there as one of the Pope's dearest friends, and Vatican insiders have quietly speculated about this final encounter between the two men. Some, according to Vatican sources, actually believe the Pope prophesied to Ratzinger that the German would...
...several hours, police stood by as testosterone-charged participants sang, chanted, waved Australian flags and drank alcohol. Eventually, perhaps inevitably, the mood of hundreds of protesters darkened. Eyes wild, they chased and caught passers-by of Middle Eastern appearance, attacking them with fists, feet and bottles. Outnumbered, burly police spread their feet and swung their batons. Among the 13 injured were five policemen; even ambulance officers felt threatened. "I'm ashamed as a man and as the (New South Wales) Commissioner of Police," said Ken Moroney. "Never have I seen a mob turn like they did today...