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...intensive missionary work, the country had only about 4 million Christians. As faith in communism has waned, however, Chinese have increasingly explored Christianity as a way to fill a spiritual void. Unofficial estimates of Chinese Christian converts now run to 50 million, most of whom have had no contact with foreigners. Even with China's reforms, Christian practice remains tightly monitored. The Catholic Patriotic Association controls Catholic dioceses that would normally be administered by the Vatican. Many Catholic believers, however, continue to worship under bishops approved by the Pope, and a broad network of "underground" dioceses operates outside government control...
There was no obligation to contact anyone on the list of matches...
...teachers in these small schools will also stay in better contact with their students. In meetings, teachers can track students' performance in each of their classes, better determining whether a students' difficulty comes from the particular subject or more importantly, if it comes from more fundamental problems such as poor study skills or a difficult home situation. This reform will make the small schools more responsive to students' quality of life than guidance counselors who have very limited day-to-day contact with their students due to each counselor's enormous caseload...
Tuesday, February 13. Los Angeles, California. Oscar nomination day. Up at 5 a.m. Insert contact lenses. Make mental note to schedule corrective laser eye surgery. Make coffee. Turn on TV. Watch nominations announced on live local news station at 5:30 a.m. Hear Best Supporting Actress nominees announced. Julie Walters, Kate Hudson, Judi Dench (wouldn't be the Oscars if she wasn't nominated for something), Frances McDormand (wouldn't be the Oscars if...well, same as Judi), Marcia Gay Harden. Wonder why Catherine Zeta-Jones was ignored; she was terrific in "Traffic," showed lack of vanity appearing pregnant...
...last piece was a "tongue-in-cheek take-off of the traditional wedding gown," Mehlinger said--a dress made of 11 contact sheets dotted with fashion photographs...