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A persistent, united effort by governments and individuals brought down the Berlin wall. The same strategy can crack the wall of jihadist ideology.
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Such government largess for the housing industry misdirects US savings away from investments into globally competitive businesses.
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What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change. See how individuals are making a difference, finding solutions, overcoming adversity, and giving back globally.

A recent graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College, Corinne Almquist promotes the practice of distributing produce that would otherwise go to waste to those in need.

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The need to feed hungry families cultivates new interest in gleaning

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Opinion | 11/09/09
Smart policies could make savings, not consumption, the new norm.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H.W. Bush, and Francois Mitterrand give their account of 1989.
The Monitor's View | 11/08/09
A persistent, united effort by governments and individuals brought down the Berlin wall. The same strategy can crack the wall of jihadist ideology.
The Monitor's View | 11/06/09
Such government largess for the housing industry misdirects US savings away from investments into globally competitive businesses.
The Monitor's View | 11/06/09
Spot growing fields in the economy and then find a retraining center. But such schools need to adapt quickly, and require more resources.
Opinion | 11/06/09
Childhood is fleeting enough. Save the camo for later.
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(Lionel Cironneau/AP/File) When the Berlin Wall came down
Twenty years later, the rest of the world is a different place because of that event.


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The Fall of the Berlin Wall

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Making a difference
Making a Difference

What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change. See how individuals are making a difference, finding solutions, overcoming adversity, and giving back globally.

A recent graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College, Corinne Almquist promotes the practice of distributing produce that would otherwise go to waste to those in need.

Sarah Beth Glicksteen

The need to feed hungry families cultivates new interest in gleaning

Corinne Almquist wants to restore the biblical tradition of harvesting what farmers leave behind.
 

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Smart policies could make savings, not consumption, the new norm.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H.W. Bush, and Francois Mitterrand give their account of 1989.
The Monitor's View | 11/08/09
A persistent, united effort by governments and individuals brought down the Berlin wall. The same strategy can crack the wall of jihadist ideology.
The Monitor's View | 11/06/09
Such government largess for the housing industry misdirects US savings away from investments into globally competitive businesses.
The Monitor's View | 11/06/09
Spot growing fields in the economy and then find a retraining center. But such schools need to adapt quickly, and require more resources.
Opinion | 11/06/09
Childhood is fleeting enough. Save the camo for later.
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(Lionel Cironneau/AP/File) When the Berlin Wall came down
Twenty years later, the rest of the world is a different place because of that event.


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The Fall of the Berlin Wall

POLITICS Patchwork Nation
The American voter beyond red and blue


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US unemployment rate hits 10 percent.

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Making a Difference

What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change. See how individuals are making a difference, finding solutions, overcoming adversity, and giving back globally.

A recent graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College, Corinne Almquist promotes the practice of distributing produce that would otherwise go to waste to those in need.

Sarah Beth Glicksteen

The need to feed hungry families cultivates new interest in gleaning

Corinne Almquist wants to restore the biblical tradition of harvesting what farmers leave behind.
 

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Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, George H.W. Bush, and Francois Mitterrand give their account of 1989.
The Monitor's View | 11/08/09
A persistent, united effort by governments and individuals brought down the Berlin wall. The same strategy can crack the wall of jihadist ideology.
The Monitor's View | 11/06/09
Such government largess for the housing industry misdirects US savings away from investments into globally competitive businesses.
The Monitor's View | 11/06/09
Spot growing fields in the economy and then find a retraining center. But such schools need to adapt quickly, and require more resources.
Opinion | 11/06/09
Childhood is fleeting enough. Save the camo for later.
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(Lionel Cironneau/AP/File) When the Berlin Wall came down
Twenty years later, the rest of the world is a different place because of that event.


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A recent graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College, Corinne Almquist promotes the practice of distributing produce that would otherwise go to waste to those in need.

Sarah Beth Glicksteen

The need to feed hungry families cultivates new interest in gleaning

Corinne Almquist wants to restore the biblical tradition of harvesting what farmers leave behind.
 

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Commentary > In Focus > About In Focus


About In Focus

A variable schedule is one of the things I love about working as a newspaper photographer – no two days are alike. I might be covering a news event one day, taking a portrait for a features section the next and be out shooting in the woods for our art/essay pages on the third.

Now the challenge of photojournalism is capturing the unpredictability of life. Whether it is the fleeting expression of eternity crossing a monk's face or the minutes when the setting sun pierces some trees to illuminate an otherwise dreary subject, instinct takes over and I reflexively push the shutter button to capture unique moments.

I've been taking pictures since I was a boy. There are times today when I hunch my shoulders and scrunch my face to the viewfinder that I still feel like that young explorer nearly 4 decades ago.

This need to explore has taken me and my camera around the globe several times. But what I find really exciting now is taking pictures close to home. To see through the veneer of the ordinary to harvest gems from familiar surroundings.

Please join me on this journey as I put my world "In Focus."

In Focus is written and photographed by John Nordell
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USA > 11/04/09
Mercury, the oddest of the rocky planets, has been little understood by scientists. But on a swing by the planet, NASA's Messenger sent back intriguing data about Mercury's surface minerals and volcanic activity.
11/03/09
Palm oil is in everything from fuel to cosmetics. Is it a solution or a problem?
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From sending rhesus monkeys into orbit to India's launch of a lunar probe, a hitchhiker's guide to exploration of the universe.
USA > 10/26/09
Human spaceflight today may be where the satellite business was early on: Governments initially handled everything, but eventually companies took over the business.
USA > 10/26/09
Though its program is nothing like it once was, the country uses its fleet of rockets to ferry tourists and satellites into orbit.
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