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...founded the Moral Majority in 1979, he was happy to welcome conservative Catholics and Mormons and Jews to increase his organization's throw weight on social issues. The fact that Romney personally emphasizes family, service and sobriety and opposes abortion and gay marriage has led some evangelical leaders to adopt a kind of "Don't ask, don't tell" policy when it comes to details of his faith. Romney has held quiet meetings around the country, and they have come away, by and large, impressed. "Southern Baptists understand they are voting for a Commander in Chief, not a Theologian...
...Alexander had been pressing the White House in speeches for months to adopt the Baker-Hamilton proposals as its own guide, its own core strategy, for extricating itself from Iraq. The bipartisan commission made more than 70 recommendations to step up diplomacy and move the U.S. toward a phased withdrawal from Iraq...
...past, the Vatican frowned upon such figures and anything resembling a commercial show of faith, but the success of these methods in fighting the Protestant encroachment has prompted Rome to adopt a more convenient silence on the issue, both in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America. The question now is whether that high-energy devotion to Jesus, Mary and Benedict can prevent further erosion of Roman Catholicism in a region that boasts almost half the world's devotees...
...this Judeo-Christian heritage won’t disappear just because of Muslim immigration. In fact, the progressive Westernization of the world—an admittedly gradual process with fits and starts, and different local variations—suggests the opposite: For better or for worse, Islamic immigrants will adopt European values, if they haven’t done so already...
...1940s. “It’s based on the principle of allowing gravity to do what it does naturally.”When Koch first began experimenting with the Limón technique, she found it difficult to let go of her classical training and adopt the freer movements pioneered by Limón. Koch, who has studied ballet, modern dance, tap, jazz, and musical theatre to varying degrees of proficiency, has been dancing seriously since she was eleven years old. “Modern [dance] is really where I’m at home. But the golden...