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...moment the fresh batch of competitors walked their bikes to the starting line, spectators could tell that this group of cyclists were not quite the professional bikers who were racing earlier in the day. These riders had tattoos of pirates and skeletons covering the length of their arms. Some wore cut-off shorts instead of spandex. And all of them had canvas work bags slung over their shoulders as they clutched their handlebars, ready for their race to begin...
...tall, British-born Minns, 65, got the boot because he led a batch of U.S. Episcopal congregations, including the one where he was church rector, out of Episcopalianism and into the authority of the Anglican archdiocese of Nigeria - primarily out of dismay that Episcopalianism had elected the openly gay Robinson to be the bishop of New Hampshire. And Robinson, 61, a chatty, gray-haired Kentuckian who once said he looked forward to being a "June bride," was blackballed from Lambeth (which will convene in Canterbury) because Williams felt that the Episcopal church in the U.S. had made him a bishop...
...We’re not trying to convince everyone that we have the bells and whistles to make them better, it’s just hard work.”Although Harvard will be losing many talented seniors, the returners’ heart combined with a fresh batch of talent coming in next year makes Saretsky optimistic for the future.“It’s a class I’m excited about,” Saretsky said. “It’s a lot of talent in different key areas that we need. It?...
...Tanzanian who supervises the training of the rats and their handlers. "You can train them to do exactly what you want them to do." The project, run by an organization called Apopo, which is funded by the Flemish government in Belgium, is proving so effective that a new batch of mine-sniffing rats is scheduled to be deployed in Angola later this year...
...Just as the UC improved upon the short-lived Student Assembly, its immediate precursor, student governance at the College has come a long way since the first batch of UC representatives were elected in the fall of 1982. Since then, the UC has slimmed down, changed its organization, and gained new levels of credibility...