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Leaning against one corner of the podium, his collar unbuttoned, Summers recounted his amazement upon receiving a cell phone call on a small and impoverished island off the Côte d’Ivoire. The experience was reflective of a changing world, he said...
...only way to get their church (and themselves) out of its spiraling moral and financial crisis. The move would be historic. A plenary council has not been called in the U.S. since 1884. That meeting, among other things, mandated publication of a national catechism and established the Roman collar as obligatory clerical dress. Any such meeting today, however, would come with risks. The agenda, controlled by the bishops and the Vatican, could well be dominated by conservatives hostile to any reform, turning the gathering into another public relations nightmare and further dividing the church. Still, the idea has its supporters...
...anything other than an act of quixotic futility?and there lies the problem. Preoccupied with pocketbook issues, Hong Kong's working class has never wholly believed in political change through either ballot box or protest. But the possibility of effecting political change has been held out to white-collar types. It has been, they are discovering, an illusory promise all along...
...stipulating that every year an unlucky junior-high-school class be sent to a remote island. There, students are issued weapons from a sadistic arsenal?crossbows, scythes and the like?and forced to stalk and kill their classmates. Compliance is assured by fitting each combatant with an explosive radio collar that can be detonated at the discretion of malicious adults refereeing the game. Sure, it's a bizarre educational policy (after all, a mind is a terrible thing to waste), but it makes for interesting plot complications?think American Pie meets Reservoir Dogs...
...title role in next summer's first superhero movie franchise. "He's a demon who was raised to become a fighter for a secret branch of the Federal Government that investigates paranormal happenings," says director Guillermo (Don't Call Me Benicio) del Toro. "He has a very blue-collar attitude about his job. He's more like a plumber than a superhero." Selma Blair plays a girl with pyrokinetic powers. And on his right, there's a psychic merman. Don't worry. You have until next Memorial Day to figure...