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...priests accused of abuse across the country and hot lines jamming with more victims' calls. It is not just what Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law called "a tragic error" but a spiritual and financial body blow to church authority as well, demoralizing to every man who wears a Roman collar. Lives have been hurt, trust damaged and the credibility of the church to speak on social issues tainted...
Sidney (Tony Curtis): "J.J., it's one thing to wear your dog collar. When it turns into a noose I'd rather have my freedom." - from the film "Sweet Smell of Success...
...priest is his own personal business," said Mike Donahue, another friend of mine. Donahue, from an old, prominent Lowell family, still lives in the city and manages a local country club. "Why he lied about being gay--he's probably embarrassed about it. Lowell's a blue-collar mill city, and that stuff still doesn't go down well with some people here. As for whether the allegation's true, I'm with Spags. Geoghan had 60 kids going, 'This happened to me too.' Spags had one guy coming at him in 31 years...
...largest market. (Do you hear that, Hello Kitty?) Created in 1999 by Korean cartoonist Kim Jae-In, Mashimaro's crudely funny animated adventures have been adopted by countless Chinese teens and loaded onto their websites. Like his cutesy Japanese predecessor's, Mashimaro merchandise is hot. For the new "pink-collar class"?trendy Chinese girls with a cell phone in one hand and a decaf skim latte in the other?Mashimaro key chains and earmuffs are must-haves. What's the appeal? "Good girls want to be 'bad,'" explains Shu Qiao, a grad student at Shanghai's Fudan University. "They want...
...When he has gone public, Franks has been exactly what this war effort has required: Insistently realistic, never gloating, understated about victory and reassuringly honest about its inevitable costs. Throw in a touch of folksiness, some of the aw-shucks collar-tugging of an old artillery man blinking in the spotlight's white glare, and you have a fine war hero indeed. A real general, with real American soldiers on the ground under his command, - who realizes how fragile and precious a cargo that...