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...Johnson was majority leader. Byrd has an intense devotion and dedication to the Senate, and for nearly 20 years he has worked tirelessly and uncomplainingly in its service. In many ways, he personifies its transformation and that of the entire Congress: its insistence on staying free from the Executive Branch's control, its new sense of self-importance and its anxiety about how it is regarded by the American public. TIME...
...tree is a multi-family unit; Hannah's next-branch neighbors are professional tree-protectors John Quigley and Julia "Butterfly" Hill, and - for one night - Joan Baez. In Los Angeles, you really can shake a tree and a celebrity falls out. Hill, who is in the midst of a hunger strike that wound up lasting 26 days, encourages me as I ascend. "So often in our lives fear holds us back," Hill yells down at me, smiling. "And most of us miss out on the magic of life because of that one little word." I wonder if by week three...
...years" as a reason to reject the changes and noting that the Vatican had the right to impose a translation in any case. Despite this, until Thursday there was real speculation that the U.S. bishops - who, like their brethren globally, have chafed increasingly about being treated like branch managers rather than ecclesial princes in their own right (or, er, rite) - might vote down the new version and initiate liturgical insurrection. The fact that they've decided to decline some of the changes - such as the substitution of the phrase "consubstantial with the Father" in describing Christ for "one in being...
...your heart's content, you'll find the immediate area, Nakameguro, well worth exploring, too - it's one of the Japanese capital's hippest neighborhoods, strewn with cafés, vintage-clothing boutiques and music stores. If you can't make it to Nakameguro, there's a Cow Books branch in the swish Aoyama district, as well as a mobile library, the Traveling Cow Books service, which sets up shop at various locations across Tokyo. That way, your copy of On The Road can get on the road...
...famous chain-mail dresses of French designer Paco Rabanne - is home to easily the best food hall north of London. Aside from all the gourmet groceries one could require, there's a wealth of hip takeaway outlets to choose from - among them a New York-style deli counter, a branch of London's trendy YO! Sushi restaurant, and a Veuve Cliquot champagne bar. Milan Taking up three levels within eyeshot of the Duomo, Peck, tel: (39-02) 802 3161, has been a culinary lotusland for Milan's bons vivants for more than a century. The bustling space is split into...