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NFTY National Convention '05: A long trip for five great days

By Alexander Gold | March 8, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Shabbat services have just ended at the national convention of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY, pronounced like nifty). Everyone is dressed in their best dress clothes to celebrate the holiday. As the last few notes of the soft, melodic Shabbat melodies die out, I grab my folding chair along with 1,300 other NFTY kids and shove it into a massive pile.

Photo: Security guard featured in Washington Post

By Diana Frey | March 8, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Blair security Cedric Boatman and his family were featured in the sports section of The Washinton Post on Tuesday, March 1.

Photo: w team huddle

By Diana Frey | March 8, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Maher participates in a team huddle during a practice.

Photo: Cars in Water

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Cars caught in the high waters after the December and January floods.

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Photo: 2005 ACC Tournament

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Photo: Gambling With America's Future

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Photo: Gambling With Maryland's Future

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Photo: Vietnam map

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Photo: "The Pacifier" poster

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Photo: Vietnam flag

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Photo: Long

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Photo: Hue

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Photo: Man in Water

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A man trudges through the water in Guyana.

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Photo: Hanoi

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Photo: "The Jacket" poster

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Photo: Boats in the Water

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A boat in the water, providing Guyanese with immediate transportation after the floods.

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Spreading the music past the Boulevard

By Lucy Fromyer | March 7, 2005, midnight | In Print »

It was during a particularly long, boring history class last year when juniors Jessi Douglas and Nick Warmington decided to produce a rap album together. The hour and a new block flew by as the two wrote their lyrics, matching them to beats and rapping them aloud.

Photo: Bang

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Photo: Ho Chi Minh

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Socialist Republic of Vietnam

By Fidan Karimova | March 7, 2005, midnight | In Print »

From first to sixth centuries AD, Vietnam was a part of the Indianised Kingdom of Funan. The Chinese covered the area in the second century and ruled for 1000 years. Their rule ended in 938 AD, when Ngo Quyen destroyed the Chinese armies and became the leader of the country. Quyen died in 944 AD. In 1858, the French and Spanish stormed into Vietnam and a year later captured Saigon. From then on, the French ruled Vietnam until 1954, when communist leader Ho Chi Minh helped drive the French out of Vietnam. The same year, the negotiations of the Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into two regions – South Vietnam, controlled mostly by the anti-communists, and the communist North Vietnam.

Photo: House under Water

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A house under water after the floods in December and January in Guyana.

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Photo: Angela

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MCPS Superintendent's Leadership Program encourages students to apply

By Feza Kikaya | March 7, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The MCPS Superintendent's Leadership Program (SLP) invites rising high-school seniors to apply to participate in its humanities-oriented, year-long honors internship. Applications require three short essays, an official transcript and two letters of recommendation, which are all due by March 15.

Six Blazers compete in Junior Olympic Fencing Championships

By Anthony Glynn | March 7, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Six Blazers went to Arlington, Texas, to compete in the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships (JOFC) held from Feb. 18 to 21. Their placements ranged from eighteenth to 223rd for the nation in the events of épée and saber.

Travolta's "cool" comeback

By Christopher Consolino | March 7, 2005, midnight | In Print »

After being a Miami loan shark and Hollywood movie producer, Chili Palmer (John Travolta) has decided that neither of his previous occupations suited him. On the prowl for a new career, he settles on the music business after hearing the R&B sounds of Linda Moon (Christina Milian). Declaring that Moon's previous contract with the notorious record producer Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel) is void, Palmer teams up with Edie Athens (Uma Thurman), the widow of another record producer, to send Moon to the top of the charts. Now just add an Ivy League-educated gangster-rap producer (Cedric the Entertainer), a white band manager who thinks he is a hustler (Vince Vaughn), a homosexual bodyguard (The Rock), the Russian Mafia and viola! You get a sequel to the cool 1995 film "Get Shorty."