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Complete calm comes from complete certainty. In today's unnerving, globalizing, sometimes terrifying world, such religious certainty is a balm more in demand than ever. In the new millennium, Muslims are not alone in grasping the relief of submission to authority. The new Pope, despite his criticism of extremist religion and religious violence, represents a return to a more authoritarian form of Catholicism. In the Catholic triad of how we know truth--an eternal dialogue between papal authority, scriptural guidance and the experience of the faithful--Benedict XVI has tilted the balance decisively back toward his own unanswerable truth...
...with its professional staff—are essential in forging relationships with new, and newly returned, students. What the Women’s Center has provided in its initial days are enormous amounts of free goodies, some of which will continue throughout the year: free coffee, tea, snacks, lip balm, coffee mugs, printing and copying, and, best of all for many students once the Lamont Library Café opens on October 17, quiet. This is all a good start. But goodies alone are not enough to bring co-ed groups to the center. The center must advertise itself a little...
...novel, narrated by a much solder Kate, unfolds through impressionistic episodes marked by wonder at exotic sights and sounds, from the "laundry strung on bamboo poles" and "rattan birdcages" to the smells of "dried oysters, clove hair oil, joss, [and] tiger balm" in the streets of Hong Kong. But politics are inescapable and an expatriate's distance increasingly difficult to retain. Their father, a photographer at TIME magazine assigned to cover the Vietnam War, has moved to Hong Kong from New York with the idea that, "Hong Kong would be safer than Saigon; an old-fashioned British enclave...
...every airline is falling in line. "The industry is not monolithic, says Heimlich, "and one airline's move does not an industry make." Just this week JetBlue announced a venture with the New York-based Bliss spas to offer free kits - including eyemasks, lip balm, and skin moisturizer-on redeye flights, in addition to a free self-serve pantry filled with snacks and beverages. They're counting on making up the cost by selling more seats. Whether it works remains to be seen. But in the annual Airline Quality Rating, released this week, JetBlue...
...like to do because I think it’s pretty ineffective,” he added. Instead, he clarified Harvard’s alcohol amnesty policy, under which administrators pledge not to punish students admitted to University Health Services (UHS) for drinking. And he gave out lip-balm to students who correctly answered questions on the alcohol content of different drinks. The goal of the talk, Travia said, was to provide answers to the question: “What are some ways in which you can look out for yourselves and your friends?” Students were just...