Tag: people
member name: Sheryl O.
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March 22, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
With the bill for additional funds for the war in Iraq before the Congress, there is much debate over the various strategies to put some kind of time limit on US troops in Iraq vs. the strategy to . . .
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May 04, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
Pentagon officials reported recently that the Pentagon plans to shut down a controversial domestic-intelligence database. James Clapper, the Defense Department's senior intelligence official, . . .
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February 09, 2009 01:15 PM EST --
As part of the concert series I head up, we had one of the premier string quartets perform for us last Friday night. They are from Prague, Czech Republic, and have performed for us twice in the . . .
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May 31, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
GREAT SAVINGS PLAN
(Actual letter from an Iowa resident and sent to his senator)
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The Honorable Tom Harkin</dd><dd> . . .
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August 14, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said last week that he would push for a constitutional revision that would allow him to remain in office beyond his scheduled departure, in 2012. After the change's . . .
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September 10, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
From The Hartford Courant, Sept. 10, 2007:
"Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of the way . . .
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November 27, 2007 07:08 PM EST --
This story was brought to my attention by my daughter. There has been much written in the press and on Gather about Hollywood's theatrical version of The Golden Compass , based on the first . . .
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April 23, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
I've been a mom for almost 24 years now. After reading recent articles about upcoming motherhood by Lainie, I've reflected on what exactly that has meant to me and how these two human . . .
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May 12, 2008 09:28 AM EDT --
The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less . . .
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June 27, 2007 03:53 PM EDT --
Those of you who know me through my writings on Gather are aware that I am a fallen-away Catholic. Rather, a fallen-away believer period. Based on my up-bringing (Catholic) and career history . . .
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January 14, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
It's been quite a year for the economy:
The Federal Reserve, lawmakers and central banks scrambled to ease the resulting credit crunch caused by the sub-prime morgage meltdown;
Oil climbed . . .
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November 17, 2009 11:13 AM EST --
I have been volunteering at a Saturday tutoring program for disadvantaged 2 nd -4 th graders at a local elementary school for the past year. It’s a great program and it’s been . . .
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April 26, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
This is a letter to all the men and women in the media who are responsible for making the decisions about what gets communicated to the American public under the guise of “news”. This . . .
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May 03, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
It hit me right in the gut last night. I was discussing our recent read, Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (author of The English Patient), with my library book club and all of us agreed . . .
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September 12, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
What is your greatest regret?
Not selling my investments the summer of 1987 and getting out of the market. Black Monday was a killer.
Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/ or true . . .
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December 05, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
1. Were you named after anyone? No, but the first letter of my name was changed so that my initials would match my mom’s. Since then, I’ve been cursed . . .
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June 28, 2007 03:24 PM EDT --
My husband and I will at times reminisce about the "good ol' days" when we were in school. (My husband has some especially colorful stories concerning escapades he and his friends had during . . .
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July 06, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Ever have one of those moments where your brain just takes a mini-vacation? Where all your experience and common sense just checks out for a few minutes? Well, just had one. It goes like . . .
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November 30, 2007 04:03 PM EST --
You can live in Phoenix, Arizona where.....
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet . . .
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June 29, 2007 10:21 AM EDT --
My husband has promised me to sign up for a couple of these.....: - )
REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED . . .
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