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...Whoa! Bush has concluded nearly every speech this year with a "Thank you" and "God bless," giving a Texas-sized smile and wave, then heading out the door and back in "the car," as his staff calls the Presidential limo. The simple fact he was taking questions from the audience-a staple for his carefully screened crowds during last year's campaign, but dropped after his reelection-was news in itself. And, as a reporter noted that night on a local newscast, some of the questions "were not marshmallows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President Will Now Answer Your Questions | 12/13/2005 | See Source »

...high as 91. Several portrayed Jesus in his father's workshop, keeping busy by magically correcting Joseph's building errors. Most alarming is The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, in which Jesus strikes dead playmates who annoy him, and other adults beg Joseph to teach his "son" how "to bless and not to curse." He tries to do so, at one point yanking Jesus' ear, only to have Jesus growl something along the lines of "Do not vex me" (manuscripts differ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father & Child | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...Iraq war, according to the group’s website. Upon arriving, the 40-person antiwar group clashed with an equally passionate throng of 15 Solomon Amendment supporters. At one point, the two groups fought for acoustic superiority as they simultaneously belted out renditions of “God Bless America” and an original antiwar song. But after the dual came to a close, the protesters returned to using megaphones and amplifiers to bombard pedestrians and legal experts exiting the court. “We’re not going to stop until the last recruiter is kicked...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protesters Clash Outside High Court | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

...point, the two groups fought for acoustic superiority as they simultaneously belted out renditions of “God Bless America” and an original antiwar song. But after the dual came to a close, the protesters returned to using megaphones and amplifiers to bombard pedestrians and legal experts exiting the court...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Emotions Run High Outside Court | 12/6/2005 | See Source »

...grubby Beijing church on Sunday, his tour took on a deeper and more forceful significance. China has a long and unsavory history of restricting the religious rights of its citizens. In the church guest book, Bush took up most of a page to scrawl, "May God bless the Christians of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man On A Mission | 11/21/2005 | See Source »

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