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03.26.09 Monitor writers celebrate ‘unique’ momentsFrom crawling on the carpet with Ronald Reagan to sipping tea with the Che Guevara of Afghanistan, former staffers recount stories as the Monitor transitions to new formats. |
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03.26.09 St. Joe teaches Thai orphans ‘to be good’‘Stay with these poor people if you can,’ urged Mother Teresa – and Father Joseph Maier does. |
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03.25.09 Surviving Iraq: A US Army grunt’s taleSpc. Brian Hunsuck is the boy next door on the front lines: He lost a friend, nearly lost a leg, and still acts like Beaver Cleaver. |
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03.19.09 When NYPD wears a Muslim topi |
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03.17.09 An independent bookseller stars in her own fairy tale |
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03.16.09 New online dictionary redefines ‘look it up’ |
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03.10.09 Christian outreach moves into the inner city |
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02.23.09 A chess champion crusades to make the game ‘cool’Russian Alexandra Kosteniuk, the women’s world title holder with a fashion-model image, wants to broaden the game’s appeal to young people. |
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02.18.09 My tale as a temp worker with UPSI loaded and unloaded cargo in Des Moines for the holidays, learning the importance of a hard day’s work – and ball bearings as a moving aid. |
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02.06.09 My 15 minutes as a Jay LenoThe writer takes an eight-week comedy course and then performs at the Hollywood Improv, drawing laughs – then a blank – on stage. |
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02.05.09 How a profiteer works one of the world’s worst economiesDave Mphele, a black marketeer in Zimbabwe, uses a combination of cunning and coercion to thrive in a nation with 231 million percent inflation. In his own bizarre way, he’s helping the country function. |
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01.27.09 Is Michelle Rhee the new face of education reform?The chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools puts teacher performance at the center of a controversial bid to remake one of the nation’s most troubled urban school districts. |
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01.13.09 Teenage girl throws Japan’s pro baseball league a knuckle ballPitcher Eri Yoshida becomes the first female drafted into Japan’s all-male pro league – unwittingly helping to break the country’s ‘iron’ ceiling for women. |
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12.24.08 The artist who created the White House Christmas cardLandscape painter Tim Lawson re-created the view from the Truman balcony for a holiday card that the Bushes sent to friends and dignitaries around the world. |
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12.23.08 Meet Lula Mae Walker, who’s been a foster parent to 300 kidsThe Fort Lauderdale woman has also had nine kids of her own and adopted 11 others. Happy holidays ... from a busy household. |
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11.21.08 My encounter with actor Kiefer Sutherland at the airportI approach the actor with stealth, as befits the star of the TV series, ‘24.’ |
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11.19.08 Ken Mink plays college basketball … at age 73The community college player from Knoxville, Tenn., defies stereotypes to become what may be the oldest college shooting guard in the world. |
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11.05.08 Mary Barley crusades behind the scenes for the EvergladesThe wealthy widow uses her money and connections to become one of Florida’s most potent protectors of the ‘river of grass.’ |
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10.09.08 A video-game magnate gets his journey into spaceRichard Garriott, whose father was an astronaut, pays $30 million to go up Sunday to the International Space Station as a galactic tourist and working member of the space crew. |
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10.07.08 Thai Internet wunderkind captivates audiences from behind barsPanrit Daoruang, popularly known as ‘Gor,’ once blogged about his life as a teen drug addict. Now he crusades about prison overcrowding and helps fellow inmates. |
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10.06.08 An Indonesian artist uses her canvas to unite a nationGrace Siregar taps local artists to create public sculptures and other artworks that emphasize themes of peace and reconciliation. |
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09.15.08 A Senegalese beggar unmaskedFrom the legion of Dakar’s street children emerged the unexpected face of Kara – generous, loyal, and a gentleman. |
