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...newspaper and on television, and my blood is boiling! Shame on Bush. Why did it take so long for him to aid the victims? How many people died waiting for help? The buck supposedly stops with the President, but he was not in Washington and left the task to others, who failed miserably. Maybe his response would have been faster in different circumstances, but it seems Bush lacked the motivation in this case, in which the majority of people concerned were poor and black and the prestige attached to such a rescue mission would not be seen as particularly great...
...expected, Schindel affirmed his coach’s faith and was equal to the task, coolly knocking down the pressure-packed extra point with 15 seconds to play before adding a pair of treys—his second and third of the game—to provide all six of Harvard’s overtime points...
...Harvard’s stop-the-run-first defensive strategy, which packed eight and even nine defenders into the box while leaving the Bears’ wide receivers in single coverage. More often than not, the Crimson’s cornerbacks simply weren’t up to the task, allowing the speedy Schreck to gain separation before bringing in first-down catches, highlighted by a perfectly executed 42-yard touchdown strike down the right sideline...
...last day of his three-day hurricane tour to slam home a point a point he's been making more subtly recently: The nation should consider using the military in a greatly expanded role at home to combat natural disasters. At a meeting with the military's Joint Task Force Rita in San Antonio Sunday morning Bush asked, "is there a natural disaster of a certain size that would enable the Defense Department to become the lead agency in coordinating and leading the response effort? That's going to be a very important consideration for Congress to think about...
...activities, I visited the Cape Coast Castle, a major British fort in the transatlantic slave trade. I immediately felt shaken, sensing the ghosts of death around me in the dungeon. Even thinking about the pain of the thousands of slaves that died where I was standing was an impossible task. One can still see the color line on the wall about two feet up from the ground, to where the human waste collected. Millions of Africans were once held here, caught in the darkest period of human history...