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...truest form of self-sacrificing heroism was demonstrated by a man whose career choice promised him safety and security. As a schoolboy, Liviu Librescu survived the Holocaust; but as a professor more than six decades later, he died blocking a classroom door to save his imperiled students. Perhaps the horrors he experienced as a youth created in him a bravery so profound that as soon as he heard gunshots, he knew what he had to do. It's impossible to say how God's hand plays into such things, but no matter how miraculous Librescu's survival during World...
...According to the ancient Chinese practice of geomancy, or feng shui, the placement and shapes of natural features, buildings or even furniture can have positive or negative effects on qi, or life energy. And that applies to airports as much as anything else. "An airport is like the front door to a country," explains Lin Yun, a Chinese-born Grandmaster of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism who founded his own Yun Lin Temple in Berkeley, California. "The proper flow of qi, and designs that bring heaven and earth closer, can affect the nation's entire well-being and economy." (Airports...
...Muang, Thailand's long-serving facility north of the city, can bring relief not just by reducing flight load but because its terminal's rectangular shape makes for better energy collection. It's a proper gateway, in other words. So far, Suvarnabhumi has been more like a creaky door...
...learning the finer points of highlighting, manicuring and waxing. For supplies, Rodriguez called the U.S. toll-free number on a jar of Paul Mitchell styling gel, got through to owner John Paul DeJoria, and before long a truckload of shampoos, gels, sprays and other essentials turned up at her door. Estée Lauder and Vogue sent more help, and hairdressers from around the world showed up to volunteer their services...
...obvious con man," Weisberg wrote. "Romney has every right to believe in con men, but I want to know if he does, and if so, I don't want him running the country." That argument, counters author and radio host Hugh Hewitt, amounts to unashamed bigotry and opens the door to any person of any faith who runs for office being called to account for the mysteries of personal belief. He has published A Mormon in the White House?, a chronicle of Romney's rise as business genius, Olympic savior, political star. But Hewitt has a religious mission as well...