Word: dame
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...Nearly 20 years later, with Laos reopened to tourists, Yusin, her son Billy - who in the interim had established his own Singapore-based hotel-management company - and grandson Jacques made a pilgrimage to see what had become of the grand dame. They found dank corridors and chickens pecking their way around the building. Bathrooms doubled as kitchens. There were cracks in the walls and holes in the roof. (Read "Cruise in Style along Laos' Mekong River...
...Newt I was surprised to read of Newt Gingrich's conversion to Catholicism [Aug. 24]. It is alarming to think of Gingrich carrying his political circus into the pews. He gave us a preview when he chastised Notre Dame for inviting Barack Obama to be a graduation speaker and accused the President of being anti-Catholic. By making such silly accusations, Gingrich performs a disservice to the progress made by Catholics. Judith Sparks Jordan, LONG BEACH, CALIF...
...Newt I was surprised to read about Newt Gingrich's conversion to Catholicism [Aug. 24]. It is alarming to think of Gingrich transporting his political circus into the pews. He gave us a preview of his trapeze act when he presumptuously chastised Notre Dame for inviting Barack Obama to be a graduation speaker and accused the President of being anti-Catholic. By making such silly and frivolous accusations, Gingrich performs a disservice to the enormous progress made by Catholics. Judith Sparks Jordan, Long Beach, Calif...
...surprised to read about Newt Gingrich's conversion to Catholicism [Aug. 24]. It is alarming to think of Gingrich transporting his political circus into the pews. He gave us a preview of his trapeze act when he presumptuously chastised Notre Dame for inviting Barack Obama to be a graduation speaker and accused the President of being anti-Catholic. By making such silly and frivolous accusations, Gingrich performs a disservice to the enormous progress made by Catholics. Judith Sparks Jordan, LONG BEACH, CALIF...
...Building bridges has also been the public posture of the Vatican when it comes to the Obama Administration. The Vatican remained silent on Notre Dame's decision to invite Obama to speak. And although Pope Benedict XVI expressed his disappointment with Obama's support for abortion rights when the two met in July, a Vatican spokesman went out of his way to state that the Holy Father was "very impressed" by the Democratic President. (Read "When Benedict Meets Barack...