| former Governor Sundlun has lived a life few ever will.
Sundlun entered Williams College in September 1938. When Hitler invaded Poland a year later, Sundlun, a sophomore, suspected that America eventually would be drawn into the conflict — and when it was, young men like him would be ordered to duty. Ground soldier seemed too perilous and he was no swimmer, which made him leery of the Navy. He decided flying was his best ambition. In the summer of 1940, Sundlun earned his pilot's license in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, which President Roosevelt, concerned with the deteriorating situation in Europe, had established. Sundlun's first plane was a Piper Cub. He flew out of Theodore Francis Green State Airport , where, decades later, a new terminal would be named for him in recognition of his efforts as governor to modernize and expand the facility.
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McLeish hails Hampden heroics
The Scots took a massive step closer to qualifying for next summer's Euro 2008 finals with goals from Kenny Miller, Lee McCulloch and James McFadden at Hampden Park. But the win came at a cost to McLeish, as McCulloch and substitute Garry O'Connor picked up bookings which will mean them missing Wednesday's match in Tbilisi. With Paul Hartley and Gary Caldwell injured, the Scotland squad will be stretched to the limit. Darren Fletcher, who has not played since he injured his knee in the 1-0 win over France in Paris last month, will return - but McLeish could be forced in to calling up extra players. He said: "It was the best game we have played at Hampden since I've been here. "It is a massive step towards qualifying - but I have mixed feelings because we have some walking wounded and we have suspensions.
Women execs earning half as much as men
WOMEN are still not being paid nearly as much as their male counterparts in the workplace, even in the top echelons of the business world, a new report has found. A report by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), to be launched by Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek today, found only 7 per cent of top earner positions in the ASX 200 list of companies - or 83 out of 1136 - are held by women. The report found female chief financial officers and chief operating officers earned half the salary of their male equivalents, while chief executive officers fared only slightly better, earning two-thirds what a man would in the same job. The damning figures, contained in the EOWA's Gender Income Distribution of Top Earners report, were based on data collected by Macquarie University for the 2006 EOWA Women in Leadership Census.
Sask. woman wins legal battle against drug dealer
A Saskatchewan woman who says she nearly died from an overdose of crystal meth is claiming a legal victory over the man she claims sold her the street drug. Sandra Bergen was suing Clinton Davey, but earlier this month a Saskatoon judge struck down his statement of defence after he failed to answer questions in a legal proceeding. That means Davey is not in a position to dispute liability and the case will go back to court to determine damages, Bergen's lawyer Stuart Busse said. Bergen says her win may be by default, but she'll take it. "He can't go to court now and say 'I'm not responsible,'" she said Tuesday. Bergen said after she overdosed on the drug in May 2004, she nearly died of a heart attack. Then 19 years old, she spent 11 days in a coma and was left with a number of long-term physical ailments.
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