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Nonsense, say our bishops and priests: the church is your religion and issues like abortion are "non-negotiable." But U.S. Catholics know better - and that's a sign, I would argue, that they are good Catholics. I didn't convert to Catholicism as a college student because of the church, although I'm the first to acknowledge that my church, like most churches, is capable of sublime holiness, a la Mother Teresa. I converted to a religion that I felt more meaningfully engaged my spirituality because it more meaningfully engaged my humanity - and, as strange as this sounds...
Whenever someone asks me why I'm still a Roman Catholic in spite of the pedophile scandals and the retro dogma, I usually reach for Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron and its story about a Catholic trying to convert a non-Catholic friend. The friend insists on visiting Rome so he can observe the Holy See himself. This being the 14th century, when church leaders were about as saintly as Enron executives, the Catholic fears that his pal will return home appalled. And so he does - but he declares he's ready to become a Catholic anyway. The reason: he figures...
...Dutch distiller Bols. In attendance were Hervé This, the father of molecular gastronomy, and eight of the world's top bartenders. They created drinks including a boozy ice cream using liquid nitrogen and an ice-cube-like gin-and-tonic jelly. This month Cointreau is introducing a kit to convert its orange liqueur into caviar pearls. Moët & Chandon has created a line of Champagne drinks with foams and caviars that add fruity flavor to bubbly. Science never tasted so good...
...beginning of the half, as the team trailed for the rest of the game, finally falling 11-7. Halpern ended the game with two goals and an assist, while Bancroft and Simmons each notched two goals. Curtis led the team in shots, with 6, but was unable to convert any into points, facing a tough Dartmouth goalie who blocked 10 and only let in seven. Although the outcome of the game was not ideal for Harvard, the team still has high hopes for the remainder of the year. “I think that the end of the season...
...share their ideas,†Zell said. “Plus, you need a basic education in the business of real estate to get started. You need to find internships or entry-level positions at banks and other large institutions where they have a training program that can convert raw intelligence to specific intelligence.†As for himself, Zell said his zeal for risk taking and his desire to excel drove him to succeed. “I have always believed that everybody on this earth has a responsibility,†Zell said...