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...energy, hypereloquence and example (he's working in Rwanda with government, business and church sectors) has become a spokesman for church activism. "The church is the largest network in the world," he says. "If you have 2.3 billion people who claim to be followers of Christ, that's bigger than China...
...having already played seven matches this season, a better prepared Blackbird team swept the Crimson, winning 3-0 (30-22, 30-23, 32-30) on Saturday morning.Long Island (6-4) kept the Harvard offense off balance through the first two frames, holding the Crimson to sub-.200 hitting. Featuring bigger players, many of whom had international experience, the Blackbirds controlled the play at the net to win games one and two.Harvard rebounded in the third frame, forcing 17 tie scores and taking a lead for just the second time all night. But though the Crimson had two game points...
...both elements. We must sort out what part of this problem is Afghan. And then that is our responsibility to handle. Be it corruption, be it lack of capacity, or be it some Afghan elements that would not like us to make progress or have foreign friends. But the bigger part, the more serious part, is the foreign element of instability in Afghanistan. Of blasts of explosions, of killings of engineers, of our clergy and our students. That is the part that I want the international community to focus upon more heavily. So that we will reach a solution eventually...
...white images in the corner of the rumpus room, replace the romance of movies on a big screen? It seems likely that Reeves thought he could hide in plain sight on the contemptible small screen - do his part, collect his paycheck and go on dreaming about getting a still bigger break. He reckoned without the bored and restless kids who quickly made Superman must-see TV among the after-school set. He reckoned without their bemused parents who made his tacky little show a camp favorite (before the term became common coinage). Mostly, though, his problem was that...
...political careers end in failure." Tony Blair is the latest proof of this well-worn aphorism by the right-wing MP Enoch Powell. Blair came to power in 1997 buoyed by a huge parliamentary majority and even bigger expectations of what New Labour could accomplish. He led his party to two more general election victories, the last only 15 months ago. Yet today he's on the ropes, forced by an overwhelming tide of opinion in his party and the country to say when he'll leave Downing Street - or face the humiliation of being forced out. In a public...