This week, Virginia's General Assembly finally, and unanimously, shelved the state song emeritus, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," stripping away any remaining courtesy directed to a source of controversy for the state for 56 years ....
So he virtually carried me down into a nearby building and put me in the ladies’ toilets ...I never saw that man’s face – only his legs and the big steelwork tools container he was carrying – but he saved me, when I was at my most vulnerable.
On Thursday night, millions of Indians stayed up to watch a gritty batter carry the weight of a nation’s expectations and break down into tears as she finally acknowledged her moment of triumph ... Jemimah Rodrigues is not a name we should forget.