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...behavioral lessons first, they will lay the foundation for academic education later. Among his tips for kids: make eye contact when in conversation, meet your deadlines, learn the names of all the teachers in your school and greet them, say thank you within three seconds of receiving something and accept that you are going to make some mistakes. Clark, who has taught in poor neighborhoods in North Carolina and New York, also gives a primer on basic etiquette, such as how to conduct yourself in the school cafeteria (do not save seats) or a movie theater (do not talk). Clark...
What substantially sets Islam apart from Christianity is that Muslims do not accept the divinity of Jesus. That aside, Islam and Christianity are more similar than they are different. The push to convert millions of Muslims is distressing to me as a Muslim. Why can't people live together without worrying about one another's religious preferences? HESHAM A. HASSABALLA Glendale Heights...
...disappointed her mother, I would've been devastated," Schumacher says - but Guerin's friends and family don't hold the monopoly on her memory. She is a source of national pride in Ireland, so the real test is whether or not the paying public who followed her story will accept this version of it. So far, so good. The film has already brought in an impressive €400,000 in Ireland alone (it's released in the U.K. on Aug. 1 and across Europe starting September) and kicked Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle out of the No. 1 spot. Veronica...
...including moving quickly to claim Iraq's seat at the United Nations. (But with the council picked by the Americans rather than the Iraqis, and legal sovereignty currently residing, at least temporarily, in the hands of the occupying power, the Security Council may not be in a hurry to accept the credentials of the governing council.) Some Iraqis have welcomed the creation of the council as an important first step to restoring their sovereignty, even if they know little about the 25 people selected to represent them. Others, however, dismiss the body as simply an extension of the U.S. occupation...
...territory's biggest builders, recently supported a shuffle of Tung's Cabinet to bring in "new blood." Allen Lee, a former chairman of the pro-business Liberal Party, lost a Legco race a few years back and, surprisingly, was thus converted to the virtues of democracy. "No one can accept the fallacy anymore that Hong Kong people are apolitical and that we don't care who our leader is," he says. "The only thing to do to move on toward democracy is to keep protesting." (Although Lee no longer sits in Legco, he is a delegate to the National People...