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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (599)	9/8/2006 3:07:51 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

I know the one you are referring to, and that image in indelibly inked on brain forever too.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (599)	9/8/2006 3:32:07 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 20106

Well my memory is not that accurate, but this is the picture that for some reason really grabbed me. Just seems so peaceful without a care in the world with only seconds to live. Bastards!

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (599)	9/9/2006 1:44:57 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Saudi Students Pour Into U.S. Colleges cbs ^ \| 9-9-6 cbsnews.com Thousands of students from Saudi Arabia are enrolling on college campuses across the United States this semester under a new educational exchange program brokered by President Bush and Saudi King Abdullah. The program will quintuple the number of Saudi students and scholars here by the academic year's end. And big, public universities from Florida to the Kansas plains are in a fierce competition for their tuition dollars. The kingdom's royal family — which is paying full scholarships for most of the 15,000 students — says the program will help stem unrest at home by schooling the country's brightest in the American tradition. The U.S. State Department sees the exchange as a way to build ties with future Saudi leaders and young scholars at a time of unsteady relations with the Muslim world. Administrators at Kansas State University, an agricultural school surrounded by miles of prairie grass, say the scholarships are a bonanza for public education. "The Saudi scholarship program has definitely heightened our interest in that part of the world," said Kenneth Holland, associate provost for international programs. "Not only are the students fully funded, but they're also paying out-of-state tuition." Kansas State has boosted efforts to court Saudi officials in the last year, flying administrators and department heads to the Saudi embassy in Washington. It's paid off: last month about 150 Saudi students started classes there, each funded to the tune of about $31,000. (Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...