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Some parishes reported the effort a bust, but many others got results. At St. Patrick's in Rockville, Md., the Rev. Adam Park took a book along the first evening, but instead of reading it, heard confessions for two hours straight. "I think folks rediscovered that getting rid of that weight in a confidential setting can be a freeing experience," he says. Mary Ellen Gwynn, a nurse in Upper Marlboro, Md., who often drove by one of the campaign billboards, agrees: "It reminded me that while telling mistakes to a friend can be cathartic, this seems to do something deeper...
...kids don't always behave. At the PF International circuit in Lincolnshire, Rowland forced his way to the front from third spot only to swipe a couple of chasing karts off the track and earn a disqualification. "The next three to four years," says Hines, looking on at the bust-up, "are about getting that out of him." For Rowland's fellow Young Gun Nelson, these are still early days. He trailed home 13th in his Grand Prix final, but as an 8-year-old competing with drivers four years his senior, did well even to make the cut. "Lewis...
...fact that Northern Rock has never really been in serious danger of going bust throughout this crisis scarcely mattered amid the clamor to withdraw funds. "When people hear the words 'emergency' and 'bail out,' then concerns outweigh those statements saying 'the bank's solvent,' " says Nic Clarke, a banking analyst at Charles Stanley in London. "It doesn't really matter if the rationale is right or wrong - they're voting with their feet...
...bought several battered stocks lately, knowing that "You make your money in the panics, then collect it when everything is fine again." But "it's agonizingly difficult," he admits. "The rational part of your brain is struggling with all these emotions, which are telling you: 'This company is going bust...
...over the Iraq War. But the closeness of the collaboration has also reignited another debate, both in Germany and the U.S., over how to balance the need for effective eavesdropping of suspected terrorists with the privacy of ordinary citizens. Both U.S. and German security officials are citing the German bust as Exhibit A in an effort to introduce more sweeping electronic eavesdropping powers in their respective countries. But the case may serve just as well as an illustration of how old-fashioned sleuthing can achieve the right result...