Word: distantly
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...Pakistani born and bred in Bradford, U.K., was caught in Iraq and sent to Guant?namo Bay. I watched his father on the BBC, and thought to myself: two Pakistani families left Pakistan, one for Bradford, the other for Singapore, produced children, brought up in two totally different environments, quite distant from the Islam of Pakistan, and yet they both end up fighting in Afghanistan. This Islamist pull is more powerful than that of communism. The communists never fully trusted one another across racial boundaries. The Vietnamese communists never trusted the Chinese communists and so on. But with the Islamists there...
...Gerson, the chancellor of the University of Paris in the late 1300s, thought a 90-year-old Joseph ridiculous in light of the rigors of travel in Egypt and recalibrated his age at Jesus' birth to 36, the Aristotelian "prime of life." In contrast to earlier descriptions of a distant and alienated parent, Gerson portrayed (in a 2,957-line poem, among other vehicles) an adoring father to Jesus: "Joseph leads him," he wrote. "Joseph soothes him with kisses." Meanwhile, Bernardine of Siena, a powerhouse preacher whom Miesel describes as "the Billy Graham of his day," scored points with...
...Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter wanted to have a private word with the President last week about the extension of the Patriot Act, he put on a tuxedo and waited in line at one of the White House Christmas parties. But Specter denies any suggestion that Bush has been distant and says the President remains confident and sunny, needling Specter about his raggedy trench coat during a trip to Pennsylvania: "Arlen, we're going to have to upgrade your wardrobe...
...loss to not raise your children in your own tradition, if you choose to raise them in your partner’s tradition ...That can be an irreconcilable problem at times,” she said after a forum on interfaith dating last month. Though these concerns may seem distant now, Summer says that if she were to marry her current boyfriend, they would have to make a decision about how to raise their children.“The options are to raise our children as Jews, as Catholics or as atheists. And I think it is very unlikely that...
HOUSING. Everyone is worried about a bubble that could burst as interest rates rise, forcing millions with floating-rate mortgages to come up with more cash each month or sell. Yet when it comes to shopping right now, such troubles are a distant concern. Lucy Garrett, 55, an analyst for the Denver Public Schools Retirement System, has been in her house for 28 years and upon selling her deceased aunt's home this year realized how much equity she has built. So if she inadvertently busts her careful Christmas Club budget, she says, "I know it would be O.K. because...