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...challenge Spain's grand bullfighting traditions, he seems to immerse himself in them. Savalli was 7 years old and "afraid of even cows then," as he admits, when he met his destiny, attending an encierro (running of the bulls). "I fell in love immediately," says Savalli. "I can't explain it. I didn't love school, I didn't love work, but I loved bulls." His parents were less enamored when, two years later, their son insisted on taking classes at the local Bullfighting School of Arles. "They still don't like it," he confesses. Some 20 aspiring matadors enter...
...politicians who favor abortion rights ... you have to ask yourself how this person squares this with his personal faith. Catholic politicians need to take this seriously. Maybe they need to say I'm not able to practice my faith and be a public representative. As doctrinal chief, can you explain the recent instruction on whether a gay man can become a priest? The document is very clear. It says a person with deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not suited for the priesthood. Somebody who comes to the seminary from a gay lifestyle cannot be a priest...
...sensitivity when it was his religion." At issue is a November 2005 episode that mocked the Church of Scientology, of which Hayes is a member, and the world's most famous Scientologist, Tom Cruise. The show was not rerun last week, as scheduled, for reasons Comedy Central declined to explain. Maybe somebody realized it wasn't very well drawn...
Miller's exoneration may only inflame his critics. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week, chairman John Warner pointedly suggested to one of Miller's superiors that he "go back over this entire matter," warning that Miller will be recalled before the panel to explain himself. Sources close to the powerful committee say that anger at Miller has escalated sharply since he invoked his right to avoid self-incrimination and refused to testify in the detainee-abuse trial of an Abu Ghraib dog handler. In that case, defense lawyers argued that their client was following guidelines from...
...selling the brand abroad has been keeping it hot at home. Whether in Detroit or Taipei, the company relies on grass-roots marketing. To explain how to "heel" skate on one rear wheel, the company cherry-picks a handful of cool kids, "like school athletes," in selected schools to join Team Heelys. These paid performers demo the shoes at malls, concerts and sporting events, and they also chat up Team Heelys wannabes on the Heelys website, generating cred and buzz...