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...handed control of Venezuela's legislature and judiciary - as witnessed by the scores of opposition candidates who, like López, were peremptorily disqualified from running - his acceptance of Sunday's results preserved his democratic bona fides. "Aside from his party winning big," says Jones, "he showed that the evil-dictator image is still overblown." After Sunday, it seems, Chávez can best keep things that way by turning ahead to problems that need to be tackled next year, instead of back to matters that voters already decided last year...
...Quaker slogan. Back in the days when clergy were princes, Quakers believed in a "priesthood of all believers." In an economy that relied on slavery, Quakers preached mercy, to the point of using schools as command posts for the Underground Railroad. In a Puritan culture that viewed children as evil miniatures corrupted by original sin, Quakers treated them with respect, as Children of Light: no whips, no paddles, no coerced belief. Long before the days of women's suffrage and equal rights crusades, Quakers were unique in integrating women fully into the ministry; the schools were not only coeducational...
...only for the kid in you. Bolt (John Travolta) is an American white shepherd whose owner is a teen celebrity named Penny (Miley Cyrus). Together they star in a TV show where Bolt uses his many superpowers to protect Penny while she rescues her dad from the evil Dr. Calico and his cat minions. The catch—to the endless amusement of the cats on the set—is that Bolt has never been outside the studio and thinks that the show is real. All is well until a ruthless network executive shows up one day and proclaims...
...expectations is at the heart of the film, and is a large part of its appeal. Director Mark Herman is able to capture the horrendous nature of the Holocaust, in a way that leaves his audience heartbroken, but ultimately hopeful that human kindness and friendship can triumph in an evil society...
...Four days later Lu found his daughter's body in the rubble of the school. He identified her by a pair of cloth shoes, which had been handmade by her grandmother. "Just what evil have I done to deserve this?" he asks. "I already feel very guilty for my wife's death - she died giving birth to my daughter. For my daughter, I had not gotten close to any woman for 10 years, and now she is taken away from me, too." A few days after identifying his child's corpse, Lu posted petitions at earthquake shelters calling...