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British Home Secretary
Quits
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Glenn Frankel
From the Editor: We
have reported on the rise to political prominence in British politics of David
Blunkett, who is blind from birth yet has had a long and successful life as
local community leader, member of Parliament, and minister in the Blair government.
Now Mr. Blunkett demonstrates that in his fall from power, as in his rise, blindness

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Clarification from Curtis
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Curtis
Chong

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Talking Sense and Avoiding
Platitudes about Blindness
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Gary Wunder

Gary
Wunder

Blind Dog Sledder on Her Way

[PHOTO/CAPTION: The renovated lobby of the Holiday Inn Capitol, filled
with Federationists checking in for the 2005 Washington

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Washington in Winter
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Barbara Pierce

The
renovated lobby of the Holiday Inn Capitol, filled with Federationists
checking in for the 2005 Washington Seminar

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Commissioner Resigns
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Marc Maurer

Joanne Wilson

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Recipes

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Recipes

This month's recipes

come from the NFB of Alabama.

Enchilada Casserole

by

Daphne Johnson

Daphne Johnson chairs

Parents of Blind Children of Alabama. The Johnson family are members of the

Huntsville Chapter.

Ingredients:

1 can enchilada sauce

1 can Rotel

1 can cream of celery

soup

1 can cream of chicken

soup

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Imagine a Future Full

of Opportunity,

and Take Pride in Creating That Future

by

Kevan Worley

From the Editor: Kevan

Worley is president of the National Association of Blind Merchants, first vice

president of the NFB of Colorado, and chairman of the Imagination Fund Committee.

This is what he says as the NFB Jernigan Institute begins its second year of

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Crisis at the Big Box

Store, Part 2

by

Brad Hodges

Brad

Hodges

From the Editor: In

the December 2004 issue Brad Hodges, technology accessibility manager at the

Jernigan Institute's International Braille and Technology Center, reported on

the accessibility of stoves. In the following reports he completes his assessment