Five days a week, Thomas Hagan lives an almost anonymous life in Sunset Park, working in a fast-food restaurant, going home to his wife and kids and following the primary race between Hillary Rod ham Clinton and Barack Obama. The other two days
British expatriates swapped their wine glasses for banners to join a protest against plans by a wealthy Oxford graduate to build a vintage car-racing circuit in the grounds of his mansion in the Dordogne.
BALLTOWN, Iowa †Balltown is a quiet, still village of 53 people, nestled in the rolling hills northwest of Dubuque that on a spring day looks like something taken straight from a Grant Wood painting.
Walk into the Braves' clubhouse, and it's quiet and civil. Just how manager Bobby Cox wants it. Nothing like Tim Hudson's previous baseball world, back in his youth in Oakland. "We were young, and we had a crazy clubhouse," said Hudson, recalling the free-
MISHAWAKA -- For a moment, all is quiet along the corridors of Penn High School. Then the storm comes. Within seconds, the ringing bell unleashes a type of controlled chaos into the maze of hallways.
OCEANSIDE ---- When you're the president of a major university retiring after 38 years of teaching and administration work, you might think your new life would be one of quiet relaxation. That hasn't been the case for Oceanside's Hugh LaBounty. LaBou
A reader writes: "I feel tired and trapped in my life and am not sure how to break out. Just when I think I'm catching my breath, something bad happens. What can I do?"
In 1963, Marquita Rampenthal needed a little peace and quiet. Her 2-year-old son, Ron, was practically attached to her leg at every waking moment, and she wanted to find a way to get a little time to herself, and help him learn to be a little more independent.
When David Mixner met Bill Clinton in 1969, they were both anti-war idealists who wanted to change America. They both came from small towns; both grew up lower middle class or poor but managed to transcend the expectations of their economic class. They were
There is one big reason to believe that Big Brown, unscathed through five races in which he demolished the opposition by a combined 39 lengths, can succeed where Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones all fell short.
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