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What about Notre Dame? That venerable institution has a leprechaun as its mascot and the Fighting Irish as its athletic nickname. See the similarities? I didn’t think so—it’s okay to caricature the Celts because they’re white...
...definitely topping the list. But either Putin has lost the art of subtlety, or the West is actually facing a scarier prospect: Russian leadership is losing even more control over its intelligence services. If that’s the case, then it’s indeed worthy to quote Dame Judi Dench in the latest Bond: “Christ, I miss the Cold...
...latest Bond film, “Casino Royale,” James’ dame du jour presents an unfamiliarly prickly exterior, mounted atop armor as thick as the new Bond’s skull. In contrast to Daniel Craig’s cuboid appearance, Eva Green, who plays Vesper Lynd, looks remarkably like a pale rose—beautiful, but chilling. She rarely relinquishes control of a scene, digging her thorns deep into the film and filling holes in the spongy plot with a deep well of anger, love, and all that lies in between...
CORRECTION: The print and original online versions of this article incorrectly stated that Richard was the first female vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge. In fact, Dame Rosemary Murray was the first woman to hold the post...
...signatories to the October letter to Benedict, says the Pope should deliver an "earnest expression of commonality"--even if it's only the widely accepted observation that Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim descent from the biblical figure of Abraham. Father Richard McBrien, a theologian at Notre Dame, says that "if he doesn't bring up the issue of reciprocal respect for Christian minorities, he's not doing his job," but that he should avoid an absolutist, now-or-never stance...