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...dramatic scene of anger and hatred last week involved Bishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Tutu and a fellow Anglican bishop had gone to Duduza, a black township 30 miles east of Johannesburg, to officiate at the funerals of four young men who had accidentally blown themselves up with explosives. As the two churchmen left the cemetery after the burial, they were confronted by a mob attempting to kill a black man whom they suspected of being a police spy. The crowd had seized him, set his car afire and was trying to hurl him into...
...didn't "belong out there" with the men at the Colonial tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. "He's just not a diplomat," says golfer Joey Sindelar, who has known Singh for almost 20 years. "And so what?" Singh isn't looking for a mulligan either. "It was kind of blown out of proportion," he says. "Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. What's done is done." He enhanced his two-strokes-over-cranky persona when he ran into Chamblee, who at a crowded Toronto restaurant said Singh had "missed the point" about Sorenstam's effort to play with...
...reasons to try. Bowdoin's Putnam has found that the children in his soap-bubble studies who resist novel situations tend to internalize feelings, which suggests that they are more prone to develop depression and anxiety later in life. Shy children are also at greater risk for developing full-blown social phobia, a serious disorder that afflicted half of Schwartz and Kagan's shy subjects. In addition, a 2003 study of HIV-positive men at UCLA showed that patients who scored high on a social-inhibition and irritability scale may have a worse overall prognosis than their easier-going peers...
What’s even better is that all three of these bands are accessible enough for pretty much anybody to show up (even you, Maroon 5 lover!) and get blown away, no prior knowledge necessary. And heck, two of them cost less than ten bucks! Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to become rock champions...
Even if you’ve never heard them before, you’re likely to be blown away by the band’s musical immediacy, lyrical simplicity, and kickass improvisation. This could be the concert you tell your grandkids about, folks...