Word: acted
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...everlasting priesthood, for zealously upholding the creed of his God. According to the current doctrine, Phineas Priests earn membership by killing or maiming homosexuals, Jews and anyone who is not white. There is no organization of Phineas Priests. In fact the order's conceit is that men act alone--not unlike the shooters in several historic episodes, including the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers--just as Furrow did last week...
...return to the good old days when political news was more about issues and policies, and less about private lives. Could there be a set of guidelines governing both press coverage and the terms of political engagement? How about a statute of limitations for past misdeeds? Maybe any act committed before the age of majority should be off limits. Or could misbehavior that violates no laws and harms no other person be declared out of bounds for scrutiny...
...mother, Anne Vinson, appealed the judge's order last week and is now suing the school district, accusing it of violating the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Vinson says her son suffers from extreme attention-deficit disorder and needs treatment, not banishment. "He wants to be like everyone else, but he can't help himself...
...science to support it, the Mozart effect has had a pretty good run. Parents all over the U.S. have been playing the Austrian composer's music to their infants and toddlers on the theory that it stimulates brain development. Even a few state governments have got into the act: Georgia and Tennessee are giving classical-music CDs to new mothers, and Florida has mandated that state-run day-care facilities play such music each...
...label will "not shackle" Aguilera and envisions TV and even Broadway for her too. "She's our Streisand," says Fair. This week she'll perform with solo piano at Lilith Fair, a reflection of the label's confidence in her as a true singer and not just a studio act. From now on, Aguilera is more likely to be signing autographs than asking for them. And if Fred Durst happens by, he'll just have to go to the end of the line...