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Through Shriver's brother-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bono met Ohio Republican John Kasich, a fiscal conservative known for his love of jam bands. "Our first rabbi on the right" is how Bono describes Kasich. Still, it took dozens of visits to the Hill for Bono to gain influence. At first, even Democrats wouldn't clear their schedules. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi offered some time while she waited for a flight at the mordantly depressing Dulles Airport. "In a short period, I saw a depth of knowledge that was hugely impressive and a depth of commitment to match," says...
...wasn't the only one to have an accountability moment in 2005. The United Nations was finally compelled to concede that the oil-for-food program for Saddam's Iraq had turned into a massive scam. The French looked into the abyss of their tendency to segregate the races. Arnold Schwarzenegger discovered that his charms had limits. Harriet Miers was stunned to find that being the President's favorite lawyer and running the Texas lottery were not actually qualifications to be a Supreme Court Justice. The New York Times's Judith Miller learned that you cannot be both a journalist...
...people in 1979 became renowned for his antiviolence work, including a series of books he wrote urging children to stay away from gangs; by lethal injection; despite his claims of innocence and appeals for clemency, supported by such activists as Snoop Dogg and Joan Baez but denied by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the U.S. Supreme Court; in San Quentin, Calif...
Community members weighed in on the most recent development plans for Harvard-owned properties located next to the Arnold Arboretum at a meeting in the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale last night. The University plans to construct a three-story building on Weld Hill that will house administrative offices and labs specializing in genetic and environmental research. The project is estimated to cost a total of $29 million. Harvard submitted its first proposals in March 2003, but allowed the project to lapse before refocusing its attention on the site this fall. “There was a sort of hold...
...VeggieTales,” children’s stories whose Biblical messages often aren’t apparent until the end, and the cinematic versions of the evangelical, apocalyptic “Left Behind” series, which often look “in some ways like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.”This more indirect approach will soon be present in the Christian video game market as well. Rebel Planet Creations, formed in 2005, plans to release two fantasy role-playing games by the end of next year. Though the company markets itself explicitly as Christian and centers...