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...Instead, China last month released a new circular, "Regulations on Religious Affairs," which, among other things, reiterates that all churches must be registered with the government. Most underground Catholics?China has about 5 million of them?have resisted. Police last month detained an underground bishop in Wenzhou city. And authorities have stepped up monitoring of underground congregations in the central province of Hebei, according to Catholics there...
Though the play’s acting is decent, the staging is rough around the edges at best. Some of the set looked quite professionally detailed—the clapboard houses of the town were slightly stylized; however, other elements, from a rather childish looking tree to an unevenly-circular full moon, seemed downright shabby...
Some opponents of assisted suicide answer such despair with an argument that is insightful or cunningly circular, depending on your view, insisting that patients like Sullivan are depressed, and as such, don't qualify for suicide medication under the law. "If they are demoralized, we should take care of them, not overdose them," says Portland psychiatrist Gregory Hamilton. But the line between clinical and situational depression often gets blurred. "One doctor told me to take two antidepressants so I could have a Pollyanna attitude," Sullivan scoffs...
...addition, Charbonneau said the GSFC team discovered that HD 209458b, which is 70 percent of Jupiter’s mass but 35 percent larger, orbits in a circular path. Previously, he said, astronomers believed that the planet’s surprising largeness could be explained by an elliptical orbit, but said this theory no longer holds...
...store is still a bit rough around the edges. A circular saw lies on the floor in front of the sound system in the back, and speakers are stacked haphazardly to the left in front of a torn leather couch. A bench seat from an old employee’s Dodge Caravan sits against the center display, enticing the tired shopper. The entire ceiling is plastered not with insulation, but old records...