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Tibetan Buddhists, Divided Your article "Tibetan idol" makes it appear that Ogyen Trinley Dorje is universally accepted as the 17th Karmapa and, as such, is recognized as the undisputed spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of the four major lineages of Tibetan Buddhism [June 9]. The authenticity of the "prediction letter" you cite naming Ogyen Trinley Dorje as Karmapa has been widely questioned. In fact, he is one of two spiritual leaders who now lay claim to the title. The other, Trinley Thaye Dorje, also recognized as the 17th Karmapa, visited the U.S. in 2003 and currently draws...
...prevailed among Americans who regarded themselves as right thinking. Twain decided that the country, or at least his readership, was not ready for that essay. It wasn't published until 1923, when Twain's literary executor slipped it, hedgily edited, into a posthumous collection. Not until 2000 did it appear in its original form, and then in an obscure, scholarly publication. It takes a genius to strike the funny bone in a way that can still smart nearly 100 years later. The nation's highest official accolade for comedy is the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...
...early signs are that the G.O.P. and G.O.P.-leaning 527s are betting that it will," says Stephen Schneck, a political science professor at Catholic University in Washington. At the same time, Obama's strategy of trying to separate McCain's military record from his foreign policy expertise does not appear to be working. Every time an Obama surrogate mentions McCain's war record, they highlight his greatest advantage. As Dole wryly joked when asked if McCain can win in November: "Sure he can, if Wes Clark keeps helping...
Russia's two gravest ills, according to the celebrated 19th century writer Nikolai Gogol, were its fools and its roads. And even though the overall population of contemporary Russia continues to shrink by more than half a million people a year, fools appear to multiply as profusely as ever. Perhaps that's why whenever national elections are held, the polling station nearest my dacha (country house) is the local loony bin. As for the roads, each 40-mile drive here from Moscow confirms my suspicion that roads were in much better shape in Gogol's time. Today, they look...
...want is that information to lie on a shelf somewhere gathering dust," Mitchell said. "Surely it's only humane and decent that information that could help find Madeleine comes to the investigators who will keep looking for her even if the police feel they can't." The McCanns will appear in a British High Court on July 7 to request that police files be released...