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...RESIGNED. BERNARD LAW, 71, Cardinal of the Boston Archdio-cese; as the city's archbishop following a meeting with Pope John Paul II in the Vatican; in Rome. Law is the highest-ranking Catholic leader to step down in the wake of a series of sex scandals that have plagued the church...
...that energizes every moment. For this episode is a very war-y war movie, a long assault to determine whether the crusading companions of Frodo the Ring-bearer will survive to confront their ultimate destiny. A palpable pall hangs over the realm of Rohan, where King Théoden (Bernard Hill) has been bewitched by evil wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) and his spy Gríma Worm-tongue (Brad Dourif, as a slimier Richard III). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and the elf-warrior Legolas (Orlando Bloom) band with a revived Gandalf to defend Rohan against Saruman's 10,000 soldier...
...Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53 took flight on Sunday to the Vatican, he left his bishopric with another stigma after more reports surfaced that he shielded abusive priests. To add additional shame, a council that Law chairs has authorized the Boston Archdiocese to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying legal damages. Law should resign, if not for the sake of Catholic virtue, then for the benefit of the parishioners within his congregation...
...ruled that the resale pricing methods used by regulators are appropriate, guaranteeing the Bells their costs plus a reasonable rate of return. If the rules are such a great deal for the resellers, "why aren't the Bells competing in each other's territory?" asks AT&T president Betsy Bernard. To be sure, both sides in this argument have valid claims. While it's probably true that the Bells aren't heading for bankruptcy, it's also clear that regulators are assessing the Bells' costs on the assumption of super-efficient communications networks that in most cases...
...minutes; Churchill creates galaxy-size stories with black-hole prose. In "A Number" she has pared future shock, tomorrow horror, down to the bone - past the bone, really, to the DNA that makes every clone a Bernard, and every Bernard pathetically or tragically different...