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Lowry began her first children's book, based on her memories of her sister's death, in 1976 upon the request of a Houghton Mifflin editor who had seen one of her short stories in a magazine...
...national picture for 49 weeks of the year, this small Jesuit college in Spokane, Wash., plays well for three weeks and messes with every expert's tournament prediction. The "Zags" rely on their three-point shooter, Matt Santangelo. Sources tell me the team also gets added inspiration upon learning that I pick them to lose in the first round every year...
...areas in which the U.S. is enthusiastic about the planned European Union military force, which Washington hopes will eventually take over a mission that may well require a permanent commitment. "It's perfectly fair for Robertson to say that the region is more stable now that there are thousands upon thousands of NATO troops there to squelch most of the problems," says Calabresi. "Milosevic's room for maneuver has been drastically reduced, and the U.S. and NATO have managed with minimal casualties to defuse the potential for tragedy in Kosovo - but by doing so, of course, they've inherited...
...wrote in an e-mail message that he believes "a public display of Harvard students' desire to make a positive impact upon society and the environment could go a long way in raising awareness about the kind of citizens we ought...
Most politicians, including Bush, use the words right and wrong to talk about gut convictions, the values they live by. When Gore seizes upon an answer, it is because he is convinced that he has got hold of the truth--the demonstrable and provable and complicated truth. Instinct and, even worse, impulse have almost no room in his world. That doesn't mean Gore has no principles, only that he won't get into a fight until he thinks he can support those principles with every conceivable footnote. Some of his most conspicuous positions--pushing the Kyoto treaty on global...