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...mourn for Pearl, think also of Pakistan. For it is the victim that can still be saved. It is a country whose heart is willing, yet whose limbs fail. It is an old friend turning to America in its darkest hour. A strong helping hand, and a whole lot of understanding, is all it seeks...
...response to the unspeakable Sept. 11 attacks, it is President George W. Bush whose image should have been on your cover. The Pentagon, just outside the nation's capital, was attacked moments after the World Trade Center buildings were hit. Watching the surreal horror on TV in those darkest of days, we Americans felt as though our whole country were under attack. In the wake of the tragedy and in the midst of the chaos, President Bush, strong and dedicated, has become a powerful light and guide for the people of the U.S., including Mayor Giuliani and our allies around...
...domestic church from falling further into irrelevance. Carey is revered in the Third World, where there are genuine areas of Anglican growth. But it's at home, with a church that Carey once likened to an "elderly lady, muttering ancient platitudes through toothless gums," that the problems may seem darkest. There are pockets of hope. Ordinations have risen by 50% in the last five years - with the help of women - black churches are vibrant, and evangelical crusades like the Alpha movement have attracted new churchgoers. Though church leaders like to note that more people go to services at weekends than...
...years, the Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory has fought to discover the universe’s deepest, darkest secrets. From discovering the Great Wall of galaxies to documenting the expanding universe to tracking early satellites, the observatory has been at the center of American understanding and exploration of space. But now, the institution is fighting for its very survival...
...That hosannas from the beknighted would be sung for George Harrison, born the son of a Liverpool bus driver during the darkest days of World War II, is in keeping with the kind of miracles the Beatles made for themselves. The most famous of the Beatles' fated hookups involves McCartney wandering by a summer festival at St. Peter's Parish Church in Liverpool's Woolton district on a hot day in 1957, and being transfixed by a skiffle band called the Quarry Men. Paul happened to have brought his guitar and impressed the band's leader, a cocky lad named...