Praise and censure for winning author
ACCEPTING the John Button Prize for his book on indigenous suffering, Peter Sutton felt "a bit like the boy who kicked a hornet's nest".
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BOB HORTON: How will school board respond to sagging district?
There is a strong commitment within the Havemeyer Building and among school board members to develop educational policies and school-management systems that are "data driven."
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Community Services
Community CALENDAR Today Salvation Army Pahrump Corps Youth Night — 5:30-8 p.m., Worship Center at 721 Buol Road. VFW donation dinner — 5-7 p.m., VFW Post 10054, Homestead Road, $6. Open to the public. Prayer meeting — 5:30 p.m., Victory Christian Center, Highway 160 and Winery Road. Christian Home Educators (P.V.C.H.E.) — meeting to bowl,[...]
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The Inimitable Annabelle Rama
She doesn’t intend to be funny.
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Skilling speaks: Enron CEO's jailhouse interview
When Jeff Skilling, the former Enron CEO, was convicted on 19 counts, the headline of the Houston Chronicle read "Guilty! Guilty!" Sentenced to 24-plus years in prison, Skilling had been a wealthy executive who went too far in pursuit of profit and caused financial pain and devastation to thousands of investors, employees, and contractors with his decisions at the helm of Enron. Few if any in ...
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