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Halley said “there are ways that you can make the distinction” between the anti-Solomon Amendment argument and the Bob Jones case. But, she added, “The danger is that the court might...
...today, the Treaty stands in danger of being undermined. Iran, a signatory to the Treaty, has promised that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful, yet has consistently demonstrated a desire to covertly develop illegal technology as well as a complete lack of respect for the will of the international community. If the world continues to allow Iran to publicly dissemble, it will not be long before Iran joins the nuclear club, with devastating consequences for global stability...
With Hurricane Rita now a full-blown Category 5 storm, with winds over 155 mph heading toward the Texas coast, few are taking the danger lightly. The city of Galveston, built on a barrier island just eight feet above sea level, ordered its first-ever mandatory evacuation Wednesday and communities to the north, including Clear Lake, home to NASA, quickly decided to send their residents packing too. Houston called for people in low-lying bayous areas east of the city to leave immediately and shut down the school system citywide. The city's hospital complex, which flooded during Tropical Storm...
...which were, for ages, welded to the hip of various rulers and ruling parties, and also the fast-emptying mainline protestant churches in America. Are there any more politically aware denominations than the Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians, or Unitarians? There are not, but there are also no denominations more in danger of ceasing to exist. Churches that once held the sway of large percentages of the American population are now smaller than several non-Christian faiths, there is no end in sight to their membership collapse, and many are near schism because of unsolvable, usually partisan, arguments among their adherents...
...That preparation came through during those several minutes of danger. After flying at a low altitude with the wing flaps (which are usually used to slow the plane on landing) deployed and the nose pitched up slightly higher than usual-all of which helped burn off unwanted fuel faster-the pilots executed a textbook emergency landing a Los Angeles. They brought the plane in as slow as possible, touched down in the center of the runway, and by holding the sidestick back kept the nosewheel from touching down until the last moment, and then applied the brakes to come...