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Mitt Romney looks at the world today and sees it as a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. That was the theme of a foreign-policy speech delivered by the Republican presidential nominee at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington on Monday.
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Al Groh once said his goal before each game was to game-plan a way to score more points than the other team. His horrid defense at Georgia Tech didn’t allow coach Paul Johnson to game-plan enough points from his prolific triple-option attack to win, so he decided Monday to let Groh go.
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UVa. coach Mike London talks with the news media about his team’s four-game losing streak and more heading into a home game this weekend against ACC rival Maryland.
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Democratic Senate nominee Tim Kaine is on the air Monday with a new TV spot touting his work with former governor and current U.S. Sen. Mark Warner to move Virginia forward. Repubilcan rival George Allen is also on the air with a new spot that asks the question, Will you still have a job if Washington fails to do its job?
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Mark Strauss is not only a Holocaust survivor. He is also an artist and author. His presentation at Waynesboro Public Library on Thursday, October 11 will connect these two avocations to his poignant story of survival and hope as a child in Nazi-occupied Poland. The evening’s presentation, in cooperation with the Foundation for Holocaust Education Projects, starts at 6 p.m. with a segment for children and will be followed by one for adults at 7:30 p.m.
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WTA’s Gateway and the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation will present it second local history lecture at 7 pm on Thursday, Oct. 18. Brig. General Bill Alexander will trace the final organized resistance in the Shenandoah Valley. The lecture is free but donations are gratefully accepted. Doors open at 6:30 with open seating.
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Award-winning photojournalist Gary Fabiano will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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We teach our children that they have to play by the rules, but sometimes we as adults find ways to bend the rules when it suits our purpose. When governments change their own rules for their convenience, a cynicism sets in as to how serious we were about the rules in the first place. Two examples from Virginia government come to mind.
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the media in advance of the Hokies’ ACC road opener at North Carolina this weekend.
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Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today future scheduling formats and conference policies as approved by the ACC’s Faculty Athletic Representatives and Athletics Directors. The announcement was made following the annual ACC Fall Business Meetings.
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