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...would have been unsatisfactory to the England of 1910 if the new King had made any rash attempt to champion the peers and the prospective tax payers. This fact His Majesty definitely ascertained by forcing Mr. Asquith to go to the polls for a general election. When the Prime Minister was returned without loss of strength and the Lords still continued obstinate, George V promptly commanded Mr. Asquith to announce that His Majesty would "consider it his duty" to create the 500 peers if necessary, and the House of Lords, appalled, hastily passed the Parliament Bill by a majority...
Meanwhile, back on the court, the Pacers, even with three of their best players suspended, went on to win three of their next four games, while Detroit, the defending NBA champion, is struggling to regain its championship form. The two teams will meet again this season--in Indianapolis on Christmas Day. They are not likely to be exchanging gifts. --With reporting by Peter Bailey and Sean Gregory/New York, Joseph R. Szczesny/ Detroit and David Thigpen/Chicago
...George Clooney is one charming bastard. He ducks your compliments, absorbs your indelicate questions, jabs back with interest in you and never appears tired of the exchange: he is the middleweight champion of charm. His best punch is his wry self-awareness. While Clooney lives in one of those huge houses in the hills of Los Angeles with a giant, swinging electronic door at the foot of his driveway, he says, "I don't want to get into this behind-the-fence world. I'm afraid of getting isolated from society." When asked how he'll make sure that doesn...
...weeks earlier, it was the Pats turn to disappoint, courtesy of a whipping from the surging Pittsburgh Steelers. The real winner, as it is every Sunday, is the National Football League. "We compete against each other for three hours a week," says Robert Kraft, owner of the defending-champion Patriots, speaking of his gridiron adversaries. "Otherwise we have aligned interests...
...three responses among scholars. Traditionalists promote theories meshing Matthew's and Luke's versions. Says Paul L. Maier, a professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University: "Radical New Testament critics say it's a hopeless jumble. I myself do not think it's impossible to harmonize them." Others champion one Gospel writer while discounting the other. A growing majority, however, conclude that there is simply not enough textual agreement to declare Bethlehem a historical given...