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  • Truth and a wish for New Orleans

    Truth and a wish for New Orleans

    July 14, 2006

    On a recent visit back to New Orleans I looked out onto Lake Pontchartrain. A dry breeze lifted the water into waves that shimmered in the sun: beautiful, despite the filthy floodwater the lake had devoured....

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    July 14, 2006

    Cuba and winds of change The following comments relate to an article I read in the May 21 issue of Granma International about recent discussion in Congress. Winds of change are blowing in regard to U.S./Cuba...

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  • The Beautiful Game

    The Beautiful Game

    July 14, 2006

    The 2006 World Cup has ended. Italy is world champion, France is second and Germany is third. No other world sporting event is truly an international tournament like soccer’s World Cup. The World Cup tournament began...

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  • Plumbers put health care in the pipeline

    Plumbers put health care in the pipeline

    July 14, 2006

    Plumbers local unions in Memphis, Tenn., and Northwood, Ohio, have endorsed HR 676, legislation introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) that would implement a single-payer health care system in the U.S. The locals are affiliated with...

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  • Locomotive engineers cite safety concerns

    Locomotive engineers cite safety concerns

    July 14, 2006

    Safety concerns on the trains they run dominated the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s conference in Las Vegas in late June. Topping the list were railroads’ plans to cut the crew members per train down...

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