| NHS girls make move
When the Northside Lady Vikings learned that Opelousas had to forfeit two district games this week, the hope for the season almost instantly skyrocketed. And so far, that extra dose of excitement has been transformed into improved play on the floor. In the last three games, Northside has knocked off two of the top three contenders in District 5-4A. .
Have They No Shame?
She revealed that several female U.S. soldiers had died of dehydration by denying themselves water. They were afraid to go to the latrine at night to urinate, for fear of being raped by fellow soldiers: "Because the women, in fear of getting up in the hours of darkness to go out to the portolets or the latrines, were not drinking liquids after 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. And in 120-degree heat or warmer, because there was no air conditioning at most of the facilities, they were dying from dehydration in their sleep. What [Sanchez's deputy commanding general, Walter Wojdakowski] told the surgeon to do was, ‘Don't brief those details anymore. And don't say specifically that they're women. You can provide that in a written report, but don't brief it in the open anymore.'" Karpinski said Sanchez was at that briefing.
United States
After all the destruction you have caused and which your country continues to cause, you have wished to end your rule by playing the role of peacemaker....But you are lying as you have lied before to the people of the Middle East and to your own people." .
Drama, dance and music for all tastes in a varied spring season
From February 11-16, Felicity Kendal stars in a new production of Noel Coward's The Vortex, which calls at the theatre prior to a run in London's West End. The Vortex, regarded as the play that sealed Coward's reputation as one of the all-time greats, explores the narcissism of London's late 1920s aristocracy, focusing on the tempestuous relationship between glamorous socialite Florence Lancaster (Kendal) and her hedonistic son Nicky. Vicar of Dibley and Four Weddings and a Funeral star James Fleet is also returning to the theatre, starring as hapless Euro-MP Philip Wardrobe in Richard Bean's new comedy In The Club, from February 18-23. Edward Fox takes the lead in Legal Fictions, a double-bill of legal dramas from Rumpole of the Bailey writer John Mortimer, from April 14-19.
Prepared Remarks for Bloomberg's State of the City Address
"Thank you, Helen, and good afternoon. It's great to be in Queens. Home of Louis Armstrong, Simon & Garfunkel, and the great Count Basie, who wrote my entrance music today 'One O'Clock Jump.' I'm especially glad to be here at the brand-new public pool and ice rink in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. I was hoping to ride in on a Zamboni but I couldn't get it through the Midtown Tunnel. "Speaker Quinn and members of the City Council, Comptroller Thompson, Public Advocate Gotbaum, Borough Presidents, Mayors Dinkins and Koch. I want to welcome you and all our distinguished guests here today. And I'd like to start by introducing you to some guests of my own. Five special families: the Ramns, who came to New York from Colombia 20 years ago; the Chens, originally from Ningbo, China; the Snreenivasans, originally from Madras, India; the Bias family, who moved here in 1953 from South Carolina; and finally, the Farruggios, who came from Sicily, and are here today with the newest member of their family Sienna born just two weeks ago.
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