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...sell-off will end eventually, one way or another. Governments could follow the nerve-racked Russians and suspend trading altogether, in a bid, as Touati says, to stop "markets from sawing off the branch they're sitting on." The more likely solution, Touati predicts, will soon come as "smart and steely investors realize selling now is a sure way to lose, while buying now will determine who the big winners tomorrow will...
...relatively new - just over 100 years old - and is usually dated to the Azusa Street Revival that began in Los Angeles in 1906. (The revival was a nine-year series of near continuous worship services that popularized Pentecostal worship and practices.) Pentecostalism can be best understood as a branch within evangelical Protestantism, characterized by a focus on the Holy Spirit and a belief in spiritual gifts, such as healing and speaking in tongues...
...Lekota's announcement will not dislodge the ANC, with its formidable branch network and massive membership, from its dominance of South African politics. Nor did Lekota specify how many ANC members he would be taking with him. Six cabinet ministers and several regional ANC leaders resigned their positions in the wake of Mbeki's departure, but it is far from clear whether Lekota has their support, or even that of Mbeki...
...Harvard ROTC and a retired Navy captain, said in an interview yesterday that ACTA “may not understand what the realistic target is” and that the goal should be official recognition by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, not the opening of a ROTC branch at Harvard...
...Tuttle, a registered Republican, peppered his Representative, Democrat Mike Thompson, with anti-bailout e-mail. "I think it was bad legislation," says Tuttle. "You're socializing risk. It's like creating the U.S.S.R. under the U.S. flag." Thompson voted against the measure. Says Tuttle: "We have a perfectly valid branch, the FDIC, there to take care of problem banks. Let them close the bad banks, sell the branches and go through a process we already have in place." - By Kristin Kloberdanz / Modesto...