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Tourists and residents who chose to stay put and a largely low-income population unable to flee are islanded from an escape, surrounded by looting, undocumented rapes, and death. Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said that as many as 300,000 residents may not have evacuated the city...
...from both the left and the right, with only moderates strongly in favor of the constitution. Socioeconomic data better explain what occurred: while Paris, most large cities and all upper-middle class neighborhoods voted in favor of the constitution, rural areas and lower-income neighborhoods voted against it. Citizens chose to take out their nervousness about unemployment and dissatisfaction with present governments on the EU. In France, the constitution was identified with much-feared market liberalization. Ironically, the very choice to reject the constitution has weakened the French position within the EU and with it the idea...
...stadium revival inspired him to begin Bible-study groups at the bank he ran in Minnesota. When the bank was sold in 1998, Skow decided to open a Christian bank. He and his wife researched 122 high-growth markets and came down to Las Vegas and Alpharetta, Ga. They chose Georgia. "I didn't want to go to Sin City, but it's too bad now when I think of it," says Skow. "It probably would have been a good choice to convert a lot of people." He raised $10 million in capital and opened in November...
...find the wording of Genesis 1 and 2 to suggest a scientific textbook but a powerful and poetic description of God's intentions in creating the universe. The mechanism of creation is left unspecified. If God, who is all powerful and who is not limited by space and time, chose to use the mechanism of evolution to create you and me, who are we to say that wasn't an absolutely elegant plan? And if God has now given us the intelligence and the opportunity to discover his methods, that is something to celebrate...
...greenhouse gases by 2012. From the start, there were doubts about the effectiveness of the plan. Developing countries that signed on, such as China and India, were let off the hook so economic progress wouldn't be impeded. Australia and the U.S. signed the protocol in 1997, but ultimately chose not to ratify the treaty, saying their economies would suffer...